Dynamic Currency Conversion: Still A Scam  | | Comments (6)  I
got nailed with a dynamic currency conversion charge at Schiphol
Airport in Amsterdam last weekend, although I had sworn I
wouldn't let that happen.  I'm talking about the practice of
converting a transaction in a foreign currency to the customer's
native currency for a fee - usually 2 or 3 percent of the
transaction amount. Unless you're getting spectacularly ripped
off by a bad credit card, this is always a raw deal. Your credit
card will give you a better rate, and some cards have no
surcharge at all.  Paying for dynamic currency conversion gets
you absolutely nothing except the illusory comfort of paying in
a familiar currency. In other words, it's a rip-off.
Unfortunately, the practice seems to be growing in the European
Union. Tourists from the United States and Great Britain, which
has not adopted the euro, are paying the price.  Here's what
happened to me in Amsterdam.  When I got the credit card charge
slip for some chocolates I bought a