Good morning,
This one is probably small game after some of the hideous complaints of other flyers. But I thought I would share it anyway.
I’m a 20-something Tasmanian heading off on his first major overseas trip and, after looking at flights to Heathrow, decided on booking with Etihad Airways. For booking, I was using my credit [...]
Tag Archives: credit cards
Angry Flyers Lounge-Etihad won’t accept my credit card
September 2, 2009 – 8:36 am
Not quite a credit cardiac bypass but cash cards likely to fly
May 28, 2009 – 8:28 pm
Tiger Airways has extended the option to use debit or ‘cash’ cards to all its fares.
This will cut out its total of $10 in credit card ‘convenience fees’ for both parts of a return booking. But there is a catch. The banks issuing the debit cards still collect a monthly or annual fee just [...]
Can the airlines kick their credit card fee addictions?
May 27, 2009 – 10:19 am
Tiger Airways has hit the anger button for anyone who hates bank fees and credit card charges.
They have dropped the $5 ‘convenience fee’ on a new range of ‘raw’ fares for anyone using a Visa or Mastercard debit card issued by an Australian bank or credit union.
These debit cards transfer funds electronically from your account [...]
Money for nothing, but the seats aren’t free
March 17, 2009 – 10:42 am
The most often asked question about frequent flyer points sold to third parties is ‘where do they come from?’ It is one of the questions being asked in the countdown to the 31 March changes to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.
These points don’t come from people who frequently fly. They have nothing to do with [...]
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