Originally Posted by JohnAx
I hope this is a misunderstanding and relates to the typical 3% added to foreign transactions by many issuing banks. Visa and M/C charge 1% and your "unscrupulous" bank often adds another 2%. "Unscrupulous" because it's strictly a gouge - they do nothing to earn it. Fortunately there are still a few customer friendly banks who don't add the charge.
If airlines are suddenly adding 3% of their own to c/c charges I'd be surprised.
JohnAx,
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Not the 1-2% bank fee, it was detailed in the very first e-mail I received from them:
Originally Posted by CMB Fare Group
-----Original Message-----
From: CMB Fare Group [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2005 9:28 PM
To: <serfty email>
Subject: Re: Assistance in creation and booking of a oneWORLD
ExplorerTicket
Hi Mr <serfty>,
Yes we can book a 4 Continent Business Class oneWORLD itinerary for you. We need your exact travel route for us to advice the fare initally, along with the stops and no stopover points.
If paying by credit card, we need a scanned clear copy of same, both sides. As of 01jul05 there is a 3percent surcharge on all credit card transactions as well.
It's certainly good to know that CX Colombo was able to assist your friends with travel plans and all was well with them!
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any information you need on the oneWORLD booking details and we will certainly do our best to assist in any way possible
With Regards,
Dhanya
Note the earlier post here that confirms this:
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
I have used the CMB CX office for an ex-CMB ticket to the US. I found them to be superb communicators and very quick to make the changes that I requested. However, my ticket experience was other than anticipated. I sent them a scanned copy of my passport photograph page and back and front copies of my credit card in order to get the ticket issued before arrival in CMB. In fact, they issued the ticket after i arrived, leaving me quite confused as to what the point was of having me email scanned documents. In my case, I ended up having to eat a 3% credit card service fee that only took effect on July 1. The downside for you appears to be even greater than for me. Perhaps a phone call is in order?
The "CMB Fare Group" is an agency as the bank a/c name I transferred the funds to was: "FINLAY AIRLINE AGENCIES LTD.".