jbalmuth

I'm having a somewhat different issue --- my itinerary (CDG - VIE - JFK; LGA - ORD - AKL; AKL - ORD - LGA; JFK - VIE - CDG) prices at Eur 2,737.08 on UA (united.com/en/fr, as linked from GF), but at the final step they refuse to sell it to me in EUR, but instead (presumably based on my credit card billing address, not my IP address) insist on translating it to USD at ~5% above the current exchange rate. Does anyone have the secret for avoiding this surcharge?

[P.S. In normal situations, I would be tempted to call in to UA and insist that they bill my credit card in Euro, but this fare is perhaps too interesting to others for me to be making phone calls to any Star Alliance carrier at this point...]