tango9 Posted December 25, 2023 #1 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Disembarked Explora Journeys last week to find my credit card charged ten percent higher than my final bill. Does Explora add a final tax on things? No one ever mentioned that the bill would be higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted December 25, 2023 #2 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Final bill onboard is in euros. Charge to your card is in your local currency- that would account for the difference 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crickette Posted December 25, 2023 #3 Share Posted December 25, 2023 And your credit card charges a fee for foreign transactions in addition to the exchange rate. There are very few cards that don't charge this foreign transaction fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango9 Posted December 25, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Thank you. That would explain it. They told us it was an equal exchange but they were not quite correct in saying that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perakcruiser Posted December 25, 2023 #5 Share Posted December 25, 2023 1 hour ago, crickette said: There are very few cards that don't charge this foreign transaction fee. Yes, very few, but they exist. Thankfully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted December 26, 2023 #6 Share Posted December 26, 2023 7 hours ago, perakcruiser said: Yes, very few, but they exist. Thankfully. Many actually, including some with no annual fee and also cash back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunagoras Posted December 26, 2023 #7 Share Posted December 26, 2023 22 hours ago, tango9 said: Disembarked Explora Journeys last week to find my credit card charged ten percent higher than my final bill. Does Explora add a final tax on things? No one ever mentioned that the bill would be higher Don't know for EJ specifically, but mainstream MSC uses a French bank for their accounting and your cabin charge will be in Euros. You'll pay your banks exchange fee, plus a possible international transaction fee, depending on from where you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted December 27, 2023 #8 Share Posted December 27, 2023 On 12/25/2023 at 2:29 PM, tango9 said: Thank you. That would explain it. They told us it was an equal exchange but they were not quite correct in saying that 10% makes sense since a Euro is currently worth about $1.10. Everything on EJ1 was done in Euros which was interesting. We had received a lot of On Board Credit, which we thought was issued in US Dollars, but once on the EJ1, all of our OBC was applied in Euros. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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