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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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