Hi all,

I've just been looking through my credit card statement for my short travels in China last week, and I noticed that for two of the hotels, I have a single currency (SC) international transcation that have been charged in Australian dollars, rather than in Chinese RMB. When I've been charged in AUD with a SC transaction, the rates are significantly worse compared to when I've paid RMB with a Multi Currency (MC) international transaction. So I'm a little annoyed, though I understand that ultimately I'm at fault for signing the slip of paper without checking to see if it said RMB or AUD on it.

I was never verbally offered the choice of paying in CNY or AUD, though I have just noticed on the bottom of the credit card slip from one hotel in tiny font does it ask me to tick a box selecting payment in CNY or AUD. I didn't tick the box, and they charged me in AUD. The other hotel might have had the same thing, but they did not provide me with a copy of the credit card payment slip to taake home with me (only the room folio).

This practice is quite dodgy. At the end of the day, I'm not out of pocket much money that it is worth investing immense amounts of my time into resolving.

Lesson learned, always check the slip of paper!