Originally Posted by
Majuki
And I thought the Travelex ATM was bad at LHR back in December!
My dad and I were there about a year ago. We were completely cashless for the week, so I had a lot of data points for card use but no ATMs. The only DCC I saw was at Madigans, but the bartender had already opted out on our behalf. The only reason I knew there was DCC was because the guy next to us had the terminal to enter his PIN, and I saw the EU/UK flags appear on the screen. I haven't seen DCC recently in the UK outside of ATMs. I was a bit surprised in Ireland, however, as I expected DCC to be present at every corner.
Yeah, so far there hasn't been any DCC with actual merchants (much like my last trip to the UK pre-pandemic).
Also, something to note with that ATM: they had extremely high presets for cash withdrawals too. The smallest I remember seeing was £100, meaning anything lower (which you can totally get away with given that most everyone takes cards) required a custom entry. I don't know if that would have impacted the transaction fees and/or DCC, though.