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Old Feb 1, 2006, 5:16 am
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DanJ
 
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Originally Posted by mikeyyz
I noticed this too on a recent RCI cruise - except that as far as I can tell, there isn't a fee (but it could only be for 100$+?)

the problem is that my onboard account was in US$, and billed to a Canadian$ card (Aerogold), which I believe charges a 3-4% currency spread, so you lose out on the exchange rate...
Princess did the conversion and billed my card in CDN, and as near as I can calculate, they used slightly over $1.18.

Also, I put a deposit down on a future cruise while on board, and the choice was to pay $100US or $125CDN. I told them to bill my card in US.
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