Charges for using Credit Cards

batchworth

Why do travel companies, airlines etc. apply a charge for paying by credit card. Travel companies are already earning commission when you arrange a holiday through them and on top of this thay expect you to pay 2.5o% on the amount charged? Does anyone know what the actual charge is for the holiday companies, I have heard it's only about 30pence per transaction.

lisyloo

The cut their prices to the bone because of competition.
The charges are beacuse of their charges for CC payments, so they would claim they are merely passing these on.

I don't know actually charges, but 30p sounds more like the debit card price and not the credit card price.

Perhaps someone that runs a business can confirm.

However you are free to vote with your feet and go elsewhere or pay by debit card.

dzug1

The charge won't be 30p per transaction on a credit card. It may well be 30p PLUS a percentage of the transaction though.

They do it because they don't actually earn that much commission on a sale. In fact some airlines don't pay any commission at all.

Ritchie74

It's what what Mastercard & Visa charge the retailers. The Travel Agent (and others) shouldn't make any profit from passing the charge to you.