Credit card surcharges back again! [applicable to corporate cards]
Jan 30, 2018, 4:20 pm
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Credit card surcharges back again! [applicable to corporate cards]
In typical BA style of not missing an opportunity to squeeze a few extra pounds out of their customers, it appears that BA have realised that they can still charge credit card surcharges on corporate card transactions! I (or more accurately my employer) have just been stiffed for a £3 or so charge for booking a flight using the BA app on a corporate mastercard...
Jan 30, 2018, 8:39 pm
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In typical BA style of not missing an opportunity to squeeze a few extra pounds out of their customers, it appears that BA have realised that they can still charge credit card surcharges on corporate card transactions! I (or more accurately my employer) have just been stiffed for a £3 or so charge for booking a flight using the BA app on a corporate mastercard...
Jan 31, 2018, 1:20 am
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I wouldn't lie to save my employer £5 and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have wanted me to either.
Jan 31, 2018, 1:28 am
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Correcy. ba.com states:
- Credit cards billed in Switzerland and corporate credit cards billed in the UK, Spain and Finland - 1% of the cost of your booking, up to a maximum of £20/€25/CHF 30 per person, per transaction.
- Credit cards billed in all other countries - no additional charge.
Jan 31, 2018, 1:57 am
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Jan 31, 2018, 2:40 am
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Yes seriously. I guarantee you that if I asked my employer if they would like me to lie about my CC being a corporate one to save them £5 they would say don’t be stupid.
Jan 31, 2018, 3:58 am
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Jan 31, 2018, 4:16 am
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Jan 31, 2018, 4:41 am
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Allow me to quote Fawlty towers: The German guests watch the whole ordeal in disbelief, and one wonders aloud, "However did they win [the war]?"
Jan 31, 2018, 6:34 am
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What does productivity have to do with this?
Seems to me that the most productive course of action when booking a flight with a corporate card and noticing a low credit card fee, is to just pay it and move on to the next task, rather than spending brain cycles figuring out whether there are ways round it, worrying about whether BA is going to notice and punish you later, or asking your manager whether you shoud lie.