u/lanmoiling

Hi all, I just came back from Paris and noticed all my VAT refund ended up processed as USD into my card, instead of letting my card do the forex conversion, thereby eating another 6% into my refund... I did quite a bit of designer goods shopping, so this fee hurts :( So I started to do more research about this for my next trip. Can you tell me whether what I am thinking will work out reasonably?

- Use the GlobalBlue app to create a profile therefore a profile barcode

- Open a wise account and add EUR as a currency

- Enter Wise digital card detail into the GlobalBlue app

- Next time I go shopping, instead of giving them my USD credit card for the refund, just get them to scan the barcode for my GlobalBlue profile, thereby routing the refund to Wise's EUR account so that GlobalBlue can't force their terrible forex rate on my refund

- Once I get home, receive VAT refund in EUR then use Wise to convert forex (I read it's only about 0.5%, instead of GlobalBlue's 6%) back to USD if I want, or leave it in there to use on my next trip from my Apple Wallet

Any feedback / advice welcomed!

Hi - my flight was over 4 hours delayed due to mechanical issue and I’d land at 3am or so, don’t want to make family pick me up at such a godly hour or arrive then and wake them up. If I book a hotel for tonight to get it reimbursed later, do I have to use the TD Aeroplan CC I bought the plane ticket with or can I use a different CC? I don’t have the TD CC on me :(

AC also said they’d hand out some hotel voucher when we land, but I am not sure what hotel it would be whatsoever, or whether it’d a certain amount to be spent at any hotel? Can I book the hotel before we land and get the voucher? So many airport hotels are sold out tonight I’m very nervous.

I’m on the plane in the sky right now and so anxious about what plan to make :( Any advice appreciated!

Hi - my flight was over 4 hours delayed due to mechanical issue and i’d land at 3am or so, don’t want to make family pick me up at such a godly hour or arrive then and wake them up. If I book a hotel for tonight to get it reimbursed later, do I have to use the TD Aeroplan CC I bought the plane ticket with or can I use a different CC? I don’t have the TD CC on me :(

AC also said they’d hand out some hotel voucher when we land, but I am not sure what hotel it would be whatsoever, or whether it’d a certain amount to be spent at any hotel? Can I book the hotel before we land and get the voucher? So many airport hotels are sold out tonight I’m very nervous.

I’m on the plane in the sky right now and so anxious about what plan to make >_< Any advice appreciated!

Edit: Like many commented later, I didn’t get a hotel voucher because to the airline this is my final destination. That was not made clear by the staff on the other side

Edit: Ok everyone I’ve settled into an airport hotel I’m paying for myself regardless whether TD CC would end up reimbursing me because I simply don’t want to wake family up and the uber ride would’ve cost more than the hotel. Yes that’s how far it is. Seems like most people don’t mind disrupting others. That’s not my style. I’ve suffered enough on my own. No need to make more people miserable the next day by waking them up at 4am.