Originally Posted by
margarita girl
That is incorrect. My experience with gift cards is they use the XE rate, or something similar to convert. It is not the cash exchange rate that the front desk gives you.
My gift cards are in USD and I used one of them at Courtyard YYZ and the exchange rate was spot on.
This is great info, if GCs can be used at XE (or similar rate), that's a great deal. Thanks for the info.