Originally Posted by
giorginho
Again, I'm not sure what the "scam" is supposed to be, but almost every company that accepts payments in a specific currency will charge a conversion fee if you wish to pay using a different currency (which would save you the conversion fees of your own bank).
No, it won't save you that. A common misunderstanding.
Credit cards levy that fee in two cases: Transaction in foreign currency OR transaction in a foreign country.
Say you have a Euro credit card and do a transaction for Euro 100 with a Swiss airline. You will still be charged a markup, because the transaction was processed in Switzerland, which is not Eurozone.