Originally Posted by
Barciur
Just came back from Ukraine and used my American visa credit card on Google Pay contactless. Pretty much every terminal offered DCC, luckily, cashiers usually hit UAH instead. What is really weird though is that sometimes, when the cashier hit UAH, they asked to tap again - it seemed like the terminal required that.
I thought people in some countries had mentioned that tapping avoided DCC? I guess it didn't then. I also came across DCC offer in Poland while tapping.
Speaking of Poland, many stores here flat out advertise paying in your own currency as an advantage. Many stickers are shown advertising it and it's an option that's available everywhere. So there is that. I'll take a picture to show you that at some point.
Contactless might have avoided it at some point, but I suspect they figured out how to make it work within technical limitations/the current rules.
Speaking of advertising, Elavon in the US is really pushing it as
good for customers. On the other hand, this
hospitality FAQ from them implies there might be re-certification work involved in getting DCC enabled, which may dissuade some merchants from going for it (but then again, the promise of additional revenue might make it worthwhile).