Option to disable GBP transactions to block dynamic currency conversion

[alessandro]

0.99? Thats almost generous ;), a few months ago there was a customer who received a rate of 0.89 at a Moneycorp ATM at Stansted

[SOLVED] Moneycorp ATM withdrawal at Stansted airport

Loveablebuilder sent me a copy of the receipts and they do show a GBP/EUR rate of 0.8957 instead of 1.16. Apart from being an insanely “unfavourable” rate (basically switching the values of the two currencies) it does seem he was charged in GBP, as it does refer to GBP 223 being the transaction amount. My guess at this point is that - given the the UK does not use euro - a euro withdrawal in the UK is always converted to sterling (being the default currency) and only for that sterling withdraw…