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					Originally Posted by Cletus Miller  Currently, Amex has the lowest surcharge of any card I have (isn't capital one the only major that doesn't tack on 2 or 3%?)--and no one will tell you what the exchange rate they use is anymore, so it's a crapshoot.  I got ~$150. | 
	
 Did you have your statements so that you were able to actually document your spending?  Because I didn't go that route, but I would bet you were not out of the country over 5x as much as me.