Originally Posted by
der_saeufer
Question for people that spend more time in Spain than I do: are that many visitors really that naïve, or are there that many British visitors with 3-5% FTF for whom a 2% markup would be a good deal assuming it's accurate? (I leave Americans out since many American issuers would charge the FTF on any Spanish transaction, even in USD)
Half and half ime
- 1 out of 2 won't know what's going on, or take misplaced comfort in paying in home currency
- the other will not realise he's been DCCed, have no time to void and opt out, cannot void and/or cannot opt out