Your quoted rate at USD3.45 is way outdated already..unless u charged mths ago?

Current rate is about Us$3.6 but CC company normally quoted higher than market rate by ~USD0.15 from my previous experiences!! So the actual charged rate at US$3.75 is about the rate using CC

Last mth US$ was at it's peak..I remembered RM fall sharply last mth & reaching almost US$3.65 Are u pretty sure US3.45?

Unless u mean u charged ~Sept?

http://www.gocurrency.com/v2/historic-exch...y=1&frYear=2008

Check the date you got charged wth Bank negara mid- rate here:

http://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?ch=12&pg=6...ype=Mid&unit=rm

If u got charged after 17/12, rate pretty close to 3.45

OK-lah...not much diff from the CC normal inflated rate...Last mth I charged my CC at Zhuhai hotel & xchange rate at the point of time ~RMB47.5 to RM100..I'm expecting RM115 for the RMB230.nite room but once I received my CC bill the amt was RM130!! an xtra of RM15!!

and this was not the 1st time..most of the time CC charged higher than the xchange rate!!

OK..Not going to use AMEX to charge in future...BTW, probably this tread can be used to compare the best CC exchange rate ho..what do u think? TS, wanna change title? Dun think bombarding Agoda is right now ho? As u agreed they are very reasonable compare to others which I can't deny on certain destinations...


BTW, I did get a very good exchange rate during my 2007 trip to Bali by charging via Ambank...suprising low & almost similar and if I'm not mistaken cheaper than the Money changer rate!! ...Too bad I dun used Ambank oledi


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Probably Using credit card for online reservation & 2nd column..diff CC diff rate??..or something

BTW, hv you try http://www.sawadee.com/

They offer cheaper rate than others especially booking Thailand hotels.. & their customer service is damn prompt in responding any email queries...within hours! ..It might be a good idea to recharge bcos USD dropped for the past weeks..

So do other discount booking websites such asiarooms, sawadee, hotelclub, cuti.com & etc I have used all of them before including agoda.

The best for me stil sawadee...super effcient but limited/best to hotels in Thailand

Yes sometime certain site having better rate than another. Don't 1005 go for Agoda..try others as well

They probably credit bck your credit card just like what AA did?

Well, Although you already paid in advance, but MOST (not All) hotel still require some kind of deposit incase during check-out you took out some of their chargeable items or even you spoil their utilities. Therefore, Most of the hotels still will ask for Deposit..either in cash or CC during check-in

For Thailand, I always book via: http://www.sawadee.com/

The respond time very fast & reliable too.. Last time cheaper than Agoda but not all the time and depending on hotel too..really need to compare on diff online booking websites... just like shopping in Tesco, Giant & Carrefour..diff marts diff pricing & diff items diff pricing too

Most of booking websites having their pros & cons. Some booking websites might be cheap on certain countries bcos they are from there & they got bulk pricing and some don't as they also rely on another bulk purchaser.

Not all websites offer the best and really need to compare. I used hotelclub b4 for my Manila trip as they were the cheapest that time.. but on other countries, they can't match. asiarooms sometime offering cheap rates esp to Singapore esp Singapore haha (Hotel81 can get US$30!) but they are expensive on other countries. Sawaddee very competitive on Thailand hitels & I used them when I booked Thai's hotels.

On overall, I find Agoda having the widest the cheapest overall on lotsa destinations & sometime, the discount much better than others (Well not all the time). The only problem wth agoda is the "implied rate" not shown when you booked. Once you want to make payment, than they will charge you atleast US$2-US$5 xtra on top of their promo.

It's normal that what advertised by Agoda is excluding Tax & hotel surcharge just like AA haha..So beware of the ~ US$5-US$7 additional surcharge on top of the advertised rate.

So far, AGoda has been fulfilling my booking and I even exercised my discount vouchers throughtout few years wth them. No problemo haha.

yes X5. That is why sometime, agoda can be expensive too but on avg still reasonable

So far using agoda, I hv no problem wth uncomfirmed room.
The only things I hate them bcos the ever incresing admin & tax added into the advertised room rate..

Anyway, their final price on overall still cheaper than the total for so many other websites.. well not all and depending on diff cities..for eg.. I booked the cheapest using agoda for China hotels compare to other such as hotel.com, booking.com & asiarooms but when comes to Tokyo, I found out hotel.com cheaper after all tax/admin added..sigh

The tax is per day but diff hotel & diff countries diff rate wan can be as cheap as US$2 till US$15!/nite/room

Certain hotel, it's free. no charges and they will add /change according to your new plan & date. I changed once and got further discount sumore haha

Done my booking on Perth hotel via agoda this Evening.. surprisingly this time, no extra charge at all, no admin fee 7 etc.. just pay what qouted & advertised...

Hmnnn... maybe diff countries diff charges kua

BTW, 2nd time claiming my rebates...got US$25 discount