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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 5:28 am
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Originally Posted by naxos
Planning a long trip to Namibia and TA located in South Africa accepts credit cards for payment but is adding 4% for using a credit card or PayPal .
Is this typical?
No. Find another TA. They will normally charge you a fee to do the work for you as they don't get commission from the airlines anymore although they probably do get a commission from game lodges etc.
But not a CC 'fee' on top of that. You're being ripped off but that's not abnormal in (South) Africa.
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