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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by malgudi
Most banks explicitly prohibit the vendors from charging extra to use a credit card. It is the vendors who have to pay the surchage and not the customers (as long as the vendor has signed an agreement with Visa or MC). Perhaps you can try calling your bank to see if they will refund the surcharge?
Not if you're paying special nett ticket fares which explicitly states that it is on a cash only basis. If you insist on paying by creditcard, you would therefore have to absorb what the agency will be billed for. This is common practice worldwide for conoslidator tickets - even in the USA!

You will not be charged for tickets that are PUBLISHED full fare tickets, which in this case, the issuing airline will absorb the cc fee.
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