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Old Jul 15, 2019 | 3:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Majuki
I was thinking about Revolut, but what would be the card's native currency? I haven't figured out a way to get the full VAT refund without Global Blue getting a cut. Yes, it's better than nothing, but I remember taking a DCC level hit to the refund amount the one time I did it in Europe.
In the past, the currency code on the Revolut card's chip was GBP. However, who knows how it'll be set up for Americans. (I'm still waiting on a card from them, so assuming that I actually do receive it at some point, that'll be something I check.)

It's also possible they use the BIN or some other mechanism for determining the "native" currency, despite multi-currency cards IIRC officially being a thing in the MC rules.
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