Originally Posted by
gnomey
for you guys who used Marriott GC (bought in US) in a property in foreign country, how do you find the exchange rate?
I think it tends to be slightly favorable to the hotel, right? Perhaps within 0.5-1.0% range?
In theory it should be processed as the Visa rate. In reality it seems totally depending on the properties. I chose not to use the gift cards at both Marriott Skycity in Hong Kong and the Sheraton in Macau because both properties refused to use the system auto conversion but insisted to use the Very Inferior exchange rate the hotel used when customers pay with cash in foreign currencies. European hotels seem to be much fairer.