Originally Posted by
margarita girl
I hope they do by April. Planning to stay at Sheraton Sydney and was thinking gift cards would be a good way to avoid credit card fees!
I am not sure it would help to avoid the credit card fee IF the gift card is processing thru the same Visa network. My understanding is, they are processed thru the Visa network - it is not like Marriott or any retailers, create their own processing network on their gift cards - they all use Visa network for the most part.
Case in point, here some gas stations have credit card prices higher than cash prices. Using the brand's gift card would not help, I was told, as the gift card is processed like a credit card.