B&B credit card policy...
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B&B credit card policy...
Maybe I'm just being dense, but I don't understand why there would be a surcharge for GBP? (I'm American)
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CREDIT CARD SURCHARGE (International only)
You may pay in Sterling or Own Currency - where your card payment is processed in your own currency, no charge is levied.
If you opt to pay in GBP sterling, a surcharge of 2% is applied to Final Bills.
~Liz
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CREDIT CARD SURCHARGE (International only)
You may pay in Sterling or Own Currency - where your card payment is processed in your own currency, no charge is levied.
If you opt to pay in GBP sterling, a surcharge of 2% is applied to Final Bills.
~Liz
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If I were cynical....
You say: Oh, I better pay in my own currency then. And then they do what we call dynamic currency conversion. For the convenience and 'clarity' of paying in your own currency they will pick a worse exchange rate than if you paid in local currency.
They will show you a US$ price, but they have chosen their own rate of exchange to get to that price.
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You say: Oh, I better pay in my own currency then. And then they do what we call dynamic currency conversion. For the convenience and 'clarity' of paying in your own currency they will pick a worse exchange rate than if you paid in local currency.
They will show you a US$ price, but they have chosen their own rate of exchange to get to that price.
Or...
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Or...are you booking via an American website? In that case, they may charge you more for a GBP transaction.
If you are physically in GB, at a B&B, there should be no way they should charge "less" for a foreign payment. Caveat...in a country that needs foreign reserves.
If you are physically in GB, at a B&B, there should be no way they should charge "less" for a foreign payment. Caveat...in a country that needs foreign reserves.
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well, if GBP is the currency at the location, it appears to me it is a charge for using a credit card, that's all. It doesn't surprise me that small B&Bs would charge for the use of a CC.
I think the reference of paying in sterling is in relation to a CC, not just paying cash at the desk. They want you to use DCC as they make a lot more than 2 pct on those payments.
I think the reference of paying in sterling is in relation to a CC, not just paying cash at the desk. They want you to use DCC as they make a lot more than 2 pct on those payments.
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Christina: >>it appears to me it is a charge for using a credit card, that's all. It doesn't surprise me that small B&Bs would charge for the use of a CC.>where your card payment is processed in your own currency, no charge is levied.
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