Question for online check-in for Canadians

[skrapngal]

When registering your credit card at online check-in, do you use Royal's conversion or use your bank's?

 

Are there advantages either way?

 

Right now I have checked conversion by bank, but was wondering if one was better.

[Ourusualbeach]

Use your banks (credit card). It will be a lot cheaper than Royal's fee. Also there are credit cards that do not have a foreign transaction fee.

 

Chase Marriott rewards Visa or Amazon Visa are 2 that have no fees.

Edited December 10, 2016 by Ourusualbeach

[Fouremco]

Use your banks (credit card). It will be a lot cheaper than Royal's fee. Also there are credit cards that do not have a foreign transaction fee.

 

Chase Marriott rewards Visa or Amazon Visa are 2 that have no fees.

Agreed.

 

Another card to consider is Rogers MasterCard. This article is quite useful:

 

http://www.greedyrates.ca/blog/travel-tip-avoid-foreign-transaction-fees-canadian-credit-card/#.WEwtCHfMxE5

[NLCAPER]

We are very frequent cruisers and Canadian.... use the banks conversion program it will save you additional cost. Do not use the cruise lines... hey our $ hit .76 tonight might just make it back to the 80's.

 

 

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[gc]

When registering your credit card at online check-in, do you use Royal's conversion or use your bank's?

 

Are there advantages either way?

 

Right now I have checked conversion by bank, but was wondering if one was better.

 

This works best for us

 

https://www.bmo.com/main/personal/credit-cards/us-dollar-mastercard

[Ourusualbeach]

We are very frequent cruisers and Canadian.... use the banks conversion program it will save you additional cost. Do not use the cruise lines... hey our $ hit .76 tonight might just make it back to the 80's.

 

 

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It's sad that we now get excited at the hope of it getting back to the 80 cent range. Kind of like feeling that we are getting a good deal when gas is under $1.