Originally Posted by
radiowell
I think I have been DCC'd on an Advanced Purchase at a Hilton-family property in EU. From my credit card statement, it's not clear if I had indeed been DCC'd or just have a crummy exchange rate. Of course, you have no choice given and the only recourse maybe to dispute the charge, but I sort of anticipated this, and the damage is minimal (likely $6, I won't bother). Lesson learned though, use AMEX if this is an option even for an advanced purchase.
Doubletree in EU has form
Hotels charging in USD instead of stated currency (I also have an example from UK)
More likely to be simple DCC than the more underhanded Multi-Currency Charging
Suggest if within 120 days of charging, you stay in the hotel as booked, then chargeback the wrong currency charging (making it clear you're only disputing the currency conversion alone, you are willing to pay the EUR amount)