Best card for spending abroad

[eliraps]

This question has been discussed here and there, but I don't think it has a dedicated thread, which I beleive it deserves.
From all these CCs that carry no foreign exchange fee, which actually have the best rate?
In the past I have been ripped off by Amex and got a courtesy credit via chat, but what is really the best card / bank  to use in other countries in terms of exchange rate?

[SearchGuy]

I like SPG (Amex), I always got good rates

[eliraps]

I like SPG (Amex), I always got good rates

In which country?
Is it possible that the value of their rates (compared to the actuall rate) varies from country to country and / or from card to card?

[SearchGuy]

Was a few countries I got very accurate exchange rate

[eliraps]

I just spent £521 on Amex Plat - rate should have been $647 (on date of purchase). They carged me $671 = an extra 3.7%.
Pretty bad for a no FX fee card

[SearchGuy]

I just spent £521 on Amex Plat - rate should have been $647 (on date of purchase). They carged me $671 = an extra 3.7%.
Pretty bad for a no FX fee card

It's never gonna be for the date of purchase, it always goes by the time the merchant gets funded

[eliraps]

It's never gonna be for the date of purchase, it always goes by the time the merchant gets funded

Since the time of purchase it has only gone down. Today it is $636. So if anything they ripped me off 5.5%

[SearchGuy]

That's possible, but could be that on the second the charge posted to their system it was up

[SearchGuy]

It's impossible to know this in advance

[eliraps]

That's possible, but could be that on the second the charge posted to their system it was up

Pleeeze.

They carged me a rate of 1.29. The last time the £ was 1.29 was in the begining of October = 4.5 months before purchae.

[chinagel]

Pleeeze.

They carged me a rate of 1.29. The last time the £ was 1.29 was in the begining of October = 4.5 months before purchae.

let them know

[SearchGuy]

What day did it post?

[eliraps]

Purchase Feb 26
Post Feb 27

[Aerial Dag]

ugh I've never checked exchange rates on any of my statements. I always assumed it was set by computers so it was right but I guess that's being naive