Originally Posted by
Majuki
A FlyerTalk member was in Cape Town a couple of days ago. On this day, the Visa rate was 1 ZAR = 0.053999 USD, so it was a 13.15% markup in reality for a savings of $7.60 by declining DCC.
That's crazy! I was just in Athens and saw 9.5%, which is the highest I had ever seen. And despite hitting to not accept the DCC markup, I still (somehow) got hit with it. There may have been another screen I didn't fully read. Frustrating to need to hit decline twice to not get hit with this awful fee!