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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 6:33 pm
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Originally Posted by itsme
Use your US credit card (billed in $ USD) outside the US, how should the currency conversion work? How about in this commonplace scenario:
I can share my experience with AA. I was in India and needed to make changes to my Itinerary. They quoted me $250 but didnt charge it. They asked me to pay it at the counter. At the counter they gave me an option to pay 250 in USD or in INR. They were giving an exchange rate of 40.80 or something and there would be an additional foreign exchange transaction fee. So i just asked them to charge me in dollars. Now AA had the ability to charge in Rupees and in dollars. Not sure if your car rental co. could do the same.
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