Credit Card Booking Fees

JoseChungsDoomsday

if you have a halifax credit card and use this link on their site you wont get the surcharge

http://www.halifax.co.uk/holidaymoney/home.shtml

jonesMUFCforever

Blackjack_Davy wrote:

Whenever I book an EasyJet flight I avoid the credit card surcharge by paying with a debit card

Although Easyjet look financially sound at the moment it could cost you dear if they ever go bust!
Credit card transactions are covered by Consumer Credit act debit card transactions are not.

jonesMUFCforever

TRAVELMAN wrote:

Hazelize-if holiday is already booked with them you will have to pay it if it is under their terms & conditions. Nothing you can do short of cancelling your Holiday. As you've ALREADY booked then, sorry, tough-they are within their rights to charge it. Travel Agents ARE charged 1.95% by card companies-entirely up to them if they wish to apply the charge or offer a discount!

Chris

All retailers are charged a fee by credit card companies!
Tesco for example don't charge you extra for the privelege of shopping there so why should travel agents especially as some have a deposit from you for many months earning THEM interest!

niadoz

You could apply for the thomas cook credit card to avoid the surcharge. Plus you get £1.50 to every £100 you spend back in thomas cook points.

mancitychick

hazelize_uk wrote:

The telephone advisor tried to point out that it is ONLY £30 - but i still think its £30 id rather keep than fritter away if i dont have to!! (I sound so cheap now!) :rotfl:

It so annoys me when the say that. If its only £X amount they won't mind not charging it you then!! :rolleyes:

budgetflyer

You could join www.freefivers.co.uk They give 2% cashback on Thomas Cook bookings,thus cancelling out your CC charge + you get a "Free fiver" for signing up

oldrimes

Another option would be to pay using an Egg Money card - you get 1% cashback - so it halves the pain of paying a surcharge for a credit card.

kenshaz

Transaction fee that makes it OK,as long as it is not called surcharge that make it fine,just change the word and it is legal

hazelize_uk

ejones999 wrote:

All retailers are charged a fee by credit card companies!
Tesco for example don't charge you extra for the privelege of shopping there so why should travel agents especially as some have a deposit from you for many months earning THEM interest!

This was exactly my point on the phone ejones!! anyway thanks so much for everyones help - im going to look into a thomas cook credit card as when i do my annual phone round they tend to end up with the best quote so if i can earn point at the same time (didnt know that!) i will be laughing.

For now i am going to pay it on a debit card and be skint for a month! ho hum