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Old Oct 23, 2022 | 11:52 am
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tomsafrica
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Programs: Avios Voyager
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Originally Posted by daninstl
I guess I waited too long for this or something but when I log in (as a USA customer) it shows the price in USD and it's much higher than any pound conversion. For example, the top-tier annual plan goes from 1,789 pounds to 3,069 dollars. Now I know the USD has made major gains on the pound but even if the pricing was from months ago it wouldn't be nearly double. Something is off with this. Now I'm wondering if there is some way around this. I've tried using a UK VPN and changing my preferred country to the UK with no luck.
The implied rate of exchange if you get shunted off into the USD universe from the GBP one is about 1.70 which is 40% higher than it actually is. So it might be a good deal for UK accounts but for the rest of us it's a laughable attempt to con us out of our money. Shameful really but not unexpected.
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