Credit card fee
Oct 6, 2016, 3:11 pm
#1
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Credit card fee
Ba.com wants to charge me £10 credit card fee for a £158 transaction.
No wonder people are migrating to Easyjet and Ryanair !
No wonder people are migrating to Easyjet and Ryanair !
Oct 6, 2016, 3:13 pm
#2
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It's only £5 per person, isn't it?
If you don't like paying the credit card fee, you have other options. For a £79 ticket, it seems to me that there are few reasons for paying by credit card given the cost.
If you don't like paying the credit card fee, you have other options. For a £79 ticket, it seems to me that there are few reasons for paying by credit card given the cost.
Oct 6, 2016, 3:15 pm
#3
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Ryanair is 2% of transaction
Alot less in this example
Alot less in this example
Oct 6, 2016, 3:19 pm
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Oct 6, 2016, 3:21 pm
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Don't even get me started on the fact that you have to pay the credit card fee when paying with the BA-branded Amex that you've already paid £200 for.
Oct 6, 2016, 3:32 pm
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Oct 6, 2016, 3:50 pm
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Oct 6, 2016, 3:56 pm
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Oct 6, 2016, 4:12 pm
#10
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Put your country as Ukraine. No Cc charge 
Oct 6, 2016, 4:20 pm
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Either way, as DYKWIA points out, the fee is easily avoided.
Oct 6, 2016, 4:49 pm
#12
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I think the converse is true. Assuming EU regulations remain, I think BA will have a hard time charging a fiver when interchange fees are capped (of course it doesn't apply to business cards or some amex, so there may have to be differentiation).
Either way, as DYKWIA points out, the fee is easily avoided.
Either way, as DYKWIA points out, the fee is easily avoided.
Oct 6, 2016, 5:06 pm
#13
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One has to ask oneself: what is worth more, £5 or the reason(s) why I am paying with a CC?
Oct 6, 2016, 7:32 pm
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My issue has been the inability tonuse a debit card on the mobile app 
everytime I try it errors out. Amex will happily go through but that 7,50€ adds up quite quickly!
everytime I try it errors out. Amex will happily go through but that 7,50€ adds up quite quickly!
Oct 6, 2016, 7:34 pm
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