Originally Posted by
MattAus
I just booked a flight on the TAP Air Portugal website and the fare was €78. When I got to the payment stage, I put in my credit card details and my bank sent me an SMS verification code, which is normal for the credit card I was using..
Well , its just 3DS and in many countries its mandatory for online payment to use 2 factor authentication , can be done by SMS or by application
Originally Posted by
MattAus
I suspect quite a few people would not notice that TAP is doing this.
i dont think TAP has an australian version of the website with a dedicated PoS (point of sales) there
Since most people who book with an airline do so using the version of the website from the country of departure its never a problem
Global airlines for countries where they dont have PoS but want sell tickets use euros or US dollars as default currency
To avoid DCC you can use american express , cause they forbid it , unlike mastercard or visa
Otherwise , as you mentionned IB , it seems you regularly book flights with EU based airlines , so you might check what fintech options are available for you to get a multicurrency card (or maybe you australian bank offers it but check if exchange rates are good cause you will still need an underlying euro account)