I one time made the front desk of a local hotel to get me the "courtesy copy" from the accounting dept to show that my bill was charged in HKD as it should have been but the initial copy I got, was confusing like hell, with all the notion that it was DCCed.

Must say, even the local hotels would first ask you which way you want to be charged - then the front desk would circle the currency (HKD) in most cases, but in rare cases the front desk marked a slash on the HKD, making it look like the HKD was crossed out. I protested on one such occasion and specifically wrote down in WORDS that HKD was chosen.

The pending amounts almost always in the DCCed amounts, but the actual posted amounts were all in local currency converted to USD in the MC or Visa rates.

It is quite annoying but is not as horrible as in the past.

Eateries almost always upfront in HKD at least for those restaurants we go. (all are frequented by locals, no expat type).

Do you mean that they don't offer DCC? That would make sense for an establishment that had few non-local customers. I'm sure that the banks run reports on current merchant accounts to identify which have the biggest opportunity to try to sell DCC to. Why bother with those where there's little potential for extra profit.

I'm a bit skeptical of this statement too. Even Sweetheart Steakhouse offers DCC (I've seen a Singapore visitor asking about it). If you've been to one, you won't see Sweetheart as a tourist destination.

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