Card payment sucharges banned in Australia from 2026

[Mr_Orange]

I just reviewed an expense claim for two Didi trips. All the trickle charges amounted to over 7.5% of the actual fare.

That's not far off the old Cabcharge days of 10%. Is anyone really saving money using Didi, etc over traditional taxis?

 

[DJTravels]

I just reviewed an expense claim for two Didi trips. All the trickle charges amounted to over 7.5% of the actual fare.

That's not far off the old Cabcharge days of 10%. Is anyone really saving money using Didi, etc over traditional taxis?

Well, the benefit of Didi is you are shown the upfront price with all the surcharges included. The actual trip fare has no relevance to you as the consumer and I suspect they deliberately add surcharges rather than increase trip fares just so they can control the amount they give to the drivers. Similar to how airlines rather increase fuel surcharges rather than adjusting their actual ticket fare prices.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Well, the benefit of Didi is you are shown the upfront price with all the surcharges included.

One of the two receipts had an extra added on to the pre-authorised amount so I guess customers aren't always shown the total.