Originally Posted by
Colin
it's not my first rodeo, joined-yesterday toots.
The first $12,000 spend on a new BofA Virgin Atlantic mastercard earns 68,000 Virgin Atlantic flying club miles, or greater than 5.5pts per dollar.
Focus on reading comprehension. The tickets were issued by British Airways, USA. By your logic, buying a scarf at Burberry's US website should generate a foreign transaction fee.
Well, if you are earning that much, why do you care so much about 1% on one transaction?
I intend to buy my upcoming LAN Argenina ticket with by LAN Visa card from US Bank, because I get 20% back or so on my first LAN purchase each year. That may or may not count as a USA-based purchase, but if not, it would simply lower my 20% back to at worst 17% back.
Meanwhile, if BA treated this "British Ariways, USA" ticket purchase as a UK tranascation, why is that not BA's fault rather than BofA's fault?
BofA has to assess the foreign transaction fee based on where the merchant bills from, not based on what you see on a website. I would think your beef is with British Airways not explaining where they would bill, rather than BofA processing it how BA billed it.