Originally Posted by
Xandrios
Higher average ticket price?
Of course the fee is ridiculous. KLM has to pay ~2% to have the payment processed, in other words some ~3 euro for an average short haul economy flight. Therefore the fee of 7.50 is much over the top and just another way to cash a few extra bucks. They get away with it cause everybody else does the same.
The exact fee that KLM pays isn't general public information, but charges are somewhere between 1,5% and 4% (!). For instance AMEX is one of the most expensive cards for a vendor to accept. Therefore the fee can be much higher then would you expect.
Isn't there going to be new legislation in Dutch law in 2013 which will forbid charging any amount for such payment?!