Qantas to charge 1% "fee" for credit card purchase. Wonder if this idea will spread?
Feb 10, 2003, 6:05 pm
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It is not so much that the US card network agreements will not allow the practice at all, but the rules state that merchants who display the "MasterCard" logo, for example, can not have surcharges for using the card as part of their agreement to be able to display the logo. The same goes for checking ID - a vendor can do this as long as they don't display the "accepted here" logo. There is no prohibitation against giving a cash discount, however.