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Re: [72attendees] Credit card charges at CityWest

"Vijay Devarapalli" <dvijay@gmail.com> Tue, 05 August 2008 15:06 UTC

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From: Vijay Devarapalli <dvijay@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [72attendees] Credit card charges at CityWest
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On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com> wrote:
>
> Well, OK, then it's a lesson for next time.

I guess. FWIW, this is the first time. I travel quite a bit to Europe.
Always been charged in Euros or the local currency.

Perhaps this is specific to Ireland?

Vijay

> At this stage you may be
> able to claim being overcharged and initiate a dispute through your
> card company if you think it's worth it. Certainly I would say that
> such charges are legitimate business expenses from the point of view
> of your expense report, but I agree that it's annoying. Just another
> thing to look out for as a traveller.
>
> ole
>
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Vijay Devarapalli wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com> wrote:
>> > They asked me what currency I wanted to be charged in. When this
>> > happens I *always* pick the local one (Euros in this case) to avoid
>> > exactly the issue you describe.
>>
>> They did not ask me this question.
>>
>> Vijay
>>
>
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