FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Getting to cheapest origin for OWE?
Thread: Getting to cheapest origin for OWE?
View Single Post
Old Jun 6, 2007 | 1:17 pm
  #31  
Kiwi Flyer
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Conversation Starter
All eyes on you!
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,446
Originally Posted by JohnAx
There used to be a line in the star file apparently designed to stop foreigners like us showing up in a cheap country, plunking our c/c on the counter, and walking away with cheap tickets, pretty much against the spirit of SITI pricing. It said that the price would also be adjusted to a higher location based on the paying currency. Pay in USD, enjoy the North American rate. Absolutely no one ever enforced that provision, afaik, the excuse being that the transaction was being done in the selling country's currency.
I'm sure I'm not the only FTer to pay in local currency calling from anywhere. Even with the small cost of exchange still come out a long way ahead of more expensive origins.
Kiwi Flyer is offline  
Reply