New credit card surcharge on KLM/AF bookings
Jan 13, 2016, 9:08 am
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New credit card surcharge on KLM/AF bookings
Just received an email from BlueBiz - KLM and Air France are now changing the surcharge for CC payments for business related bookings. From January 28 the surcharge will be 1.75% instead of a fixed fee. There is a maximum surcharge of EUR20.
Jan 13, 2016, 11:45 am
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New credit card surcharge on KLM/AF bookings
Yes, you can - as long as 1) DL offers you the routing - sometimes it does and then sometimes the same trip is not available; 2) you do not pay with a card based in Holland and some Nordic countries
Jan 13, 2016, 11:58 am
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Jan 13, 2016, 11:58 am
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Jan 13, 2016, 12:09 pm
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Jan 13, 2016, 12:23 pm
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Can you say what country you are talking about as cc surcharge varies by market?!
Jan 13, 2016, 12:31 pm
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It means all non-physical customers or only companies which are members of bluebiz ??
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Jan 13, 2016, 12:43 pm
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New credit card surcharge on KLM/AF bookings
Bit off topic, normally I book via Amex travel portal as no card fees are involved and the prices are the same. Most recently when I was booking an intra-EU flight with KL the same ticket (routing and fare class) was 10 euros more expensive and it actually made sense to book via KL and pay 7,5 for using amex ... Found it really weird
Jan 13, 2016, 1:16 pm
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Bit off topic, normally I book via Amex travel portal as no card fees are involved and the prices are the same. Most recently when I was booking an intra-EU flight with KL the same ticket (routing and fare class) was 10 euros more expensive and it actually made sense to book via KL and pay 7,5 for using amex ... Found it really weird
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Jan 13, 2016, 5:11 pm
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I actually don't think this is that terrible a change for once, because there seems to be no minimum so on cheaper tickets (i.e., the €99 fares within europe) the surcharge is now under €2 and the charge applies to the entire booking instead of being per ticket. So for many people it should actually be cheaper this way.
Jan 14, 2016, 12:56 am
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Wondering is the French AF website or others will change as well... They are not open about the change on their website so I expect the other EU websites won’t mention anything IF they change.