Currency Conversion Authorization

[cardamon]

Need help before printing SeaPass: Which option is the best:

A. I choose to pay my onboard charges in the currency of my card.I choose to use Royal Caribbean International's currency conversion program

 

B. I choose to have my credit card issuer convert my onboard charges to the currency of my card in lieu of participating in the Royal Caribbean International currency conversion program.(

Thanks! Cardamom

[lovemylab]

If you are from the US this doesn't apply to you since the onboard charges are in USD and your credit card would also be in the same currency.

[Langley Cruisers]

It doesn't seem to matter because every single time, RCI has converted it for us even though we chose the credit card issuer option. it's not so bad now that Canadian and US dollars are pretty much at par, but years ago, it was definitely not in our favor.

[Aloucha]

We chose to have it charged in US and MasterCard did the conversion from US to Canadian. Difficult to evaluate what is better but I had heard on the forum that RRCL was more expensive. I figure that MasterCard must have a much higher volume then RRCL, so they must have better rates but I am only assuming...

 

Have a nice cruise !

[dirtgirl]

You are American, so charge to the currency of your card. It's only us foreigners that have to worry about getting ripped off!