The ACCC wouldn't allege "Airbnb engaged in further misleading or deceptive conduct by telling many of them that it had displayed prices in US dollars because the user had selected this currency, when this was often not the case" without good evidence.
I also never encountered this during all of my bookings over the timeframe mentioned (2018-2021) making me think that I had a selection of AUD in the Preferred Currency settings https://www.airbnb.com.au/account-settings/preferences
So I must assume that a default selection of USD or (no default) setting was the one affecting these customers. Strange that Airbnb, with their widely regarded bleeding user experience, still chose to render $ amounts without the default? "USD" qualifier.
Was this really deliberate? Seems likely given their attention to details like this.
I also never encountered this during all of my bookings over the timeframe mentioned (2018-2021) making me think that I had a selection of AUD in the Preferred Currency settings https://www.airbnb.com.au/account-settings/preferences
So I must assume that a default selection of USD or (no default) setting was the one affecting these customers. Strange that Airbnb, with their widely regarded bleeding user experience, still chose to render $ amounts without the default? "USD" qualifier.
Was this really deliberate? Seems likely given their attention to details like this.