Originally Posted by bhrubin

The Marriott.com page for this hotel indicates:

"Please Note – Payments by credit card incur a 2 percent merchant service fee added to the amount payable. All rates include taxes."

I had thought adding a merchant service fee for using credit cards was a violation of the merchant agreement between the vendor and credit card companies. This seems preposterous. I've not experienced this with any other hotel in Australia...including the Park Hyatt, the Westin, the Sheraton on the Park, etc in Sydney.

What the heck?

Originally Posted by CXYYZ

You are badly mistaken. This is common practice in Australia. The Westin Sydney (for example) includes the following in the "Credit Card Information" section when making a booking:

"The following credit card fees apply and will be charged at the time of transaction. Visa credit/debit: 1.1%, MasterCard credit/debit: 0.8%, Amex, Diners and JCB 2.9%."

This is all perfectly legal. "Excessive" surcharges are banned but that's it.

Source: https://www.accc.gov.au/business/pri...ent-surcharges.

Originally Posted by Horace

Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel at Circular Quay: "Please Note – Payments by credit card incur a 2 percent merchant service fee added to the amount payable."

Hilton Sydney: "Credit Card payments relating to Australian hotels incur a merchant service fee of 1.5% in addition to the total amount payable."