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Old Sep 2, 2018, 3:40 am
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Mwenenzi
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Originally Posted by dgcpaphd
<snip>Just before I ended the call, I was advised if I use a credit card to pay my hotel bill, I will be assessed a credit card processing fee.
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Apparently a new law was passed last year that prohibits merchants from charging more than the actually processing fee the merchant is charged by whichever credit card processor they use.
EFTPOS, credit card surcharges: Excessive fees to be banned across all businesses - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Very common that Australian business's charge a % fee to pay by credit card. Amex is often a higher fee than Visa. But some business's do & some business's do not charge the % fee.

Before the law change the % surcharge was much higher. Airlines & hotels were among the high surcharge rip off culprits.

There are other threads on FT on the cc surcharge.
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