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Old Apr 14, 2020 | 4:49 am
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Originally Posted by mikeyfly
I'm not sure I follow ? When a charge is taken overseas the foreign currency fee is within the charge. Ditto when there's a refund, the forex fee is back in the refund. Sometimes due to currency changes you can actually make money on this, when BA cancelled my errors fare 3/4 years ago - the one with four passengers I actually received £75 more on the refund
I made some back on a cancelled hotel in the Grand Canyon last month - booked at 1.31 and refunded at 1.17. Shame it was only the deposit so only about a tenner!
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