Originally Posted by
tmiw
I ran into one case in the UK where paying cash absolutely was better than using a card. That was mainly due to the restaurant wanting to charge an extra 20p for using it, however. Fortunately, that sort of thing is going to become illegal there soon, but this may still be an issue elsewhere.
True. Surcharges can enter into the calculation, but that is thankfully rare. Australia seems to be one of the few countries which allow credit card surcharges, but they recently moved from unlimited surcharges to limiting them to the amount the business is being charged.