Originally Posted by bostontraveler

What is up with Australia and NZ in this regard? I always found it super tacky to be at a 5-star hotel that couldn't absorb the 1.5% credit card fee...

Been to Aus/NZ many times, last time in November and I remember confronting Amex Australia on Twitter as to why there was a consistent mark-up...

Their public response was that "It simply isn't true that merchants in Australia charge an extra fee for using an Amex"... yeah, right...