Virgin Australia Velocity - CC surcharge on reward bookings

Has anyone noticed this too?

"A credit card surcharge of $25 per person (except infants) may be added to the total price of the booking when payment is made using a valid credit card."

$25 for using a credit card to pay a mere $80.65 for taxes. I find this ridiculous. Call it a reward fee, convenience fee whatever, but don't say it's a credit card surcharge because it is ridiculous (@31% of the actual charge!)

I find the disclaimer written in weird English. It can be read as: when payment is made using an invalid credit card payment, a surcharge will not be added.

You could pay via BPay but that means no credit card travel insurance. :mad:

Has anyone noticed this too?

"A credit card surcharge of $25 per person (except infants) may be added to the total price of the booking when payment is made using a valid credit card."

$25 for using a credit card to pay a mere $80.65 for taxes. I find this ridiculous. Call it a reward fee, convenience fee whatever, but don't say it's a credit card surcharge because it is ridiculous (@31% of the actual charge!)

I find the disclaimer written in weird English. It can be read as: when payment is made using an invalid credit card payment, a surcharge will not be added.

You could pay via BPay but that means no credit card travel insurance. :mad:

I made two reward bookings a couple of months ago..both long haul international sectors and neither incurred a surcharge when paying the taxes (used a Visa for one, and a Mastercard for another)