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FWIW, I have the Pullman booked later this month (next to the Ibis). Arriving DOM, departing INT the next morning. Choice was mainly influenced by status and price. The Pullman is a couple of stops along on the 350 bus route from out the front of T3 domestic going to Bondi Junction (the long...

The QF bulk release is Feb and March. There were a few out of PER and SYD, none out of MEL (at least not forcing a multicity connection).

Are you flying solo and on CX stock? If so, their published policy doesn't appear to have changed. Have you queried with CX?

Neat - I have my first pickup booked for Thursday, then one next week and one in early January.

Yes, they can regulate the merchant rate, and no they're not limited to who they regulate (provided there's a nexus to a payment system).

By capping merchant fees that Amex charges. But this wasn't canvassed because legislation covering Amex hadn't yet passed.

I'm still on FFFL, so will hang onto it. But while the Citi points crediting was opaque, it got it right, unlike NAB. (I'm keeping my nose clean to try and get an Amex Qantas Ultimate as a long term keeper because the earn rate is much better and the travel credit offsets the annual fee. But I...

They did. They indicated a preference for banning surcharges, and limiting interchange fees. However, the legislation to regulate Amex etc hadn't passed Parliament at the time consultation kicked off so Amex's fees were not included. One thing at a time...

Yeah - my recent Amazon AU order (who are the very definition of an online retailer) posted at 1PPD...

By influencing the price Amex charges directly... As seen with the caps on fees merchants can charge their customers (which as noted are limited by the standard to the 'cost of acquisition'), the RBA's powers are not limited to 'interchange' fees. Any Amex fees can be regulated once the...

Section 18A is needed to authorise potentially anti-competitve conduct in the setting of wholesale fees by the providers. It replaced regulations that did the same thing and I'd imagine that similar regs would be needed if the RBA went down the path of regulating Tyro fees.

Or Tyro's for that matter.

Yup - it's (another) good reason for just banning surcharges. There are also rules around transparency (i.e. disclosure of surcharges) enforced by the ACCC that seem to be more honoured in the breach than the observance. Just ban them!

Credit and debit card interchange fees between acquirers (like Tyro or merchants) and issuers (Visa and Mastercard) are directly capped at between 20 and 80 basis points (which has the practical effect of limiting the fees payment providers like Tyro charge end users), while merchants are...

No - as I said, the powers are sweeping, and cover fees charged to end users.

Not sure how familiar you are with the Payment System (Regulation) Act 1998 but it gives the RBA sweeping powers to make standards for payment systems (including capping fees).

The Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Act 2025 passed Parliament a couple of months ago, and extended RBA powers to Amex, BNPL and other payment systems. (Of course, in the typical style of modern Australian regulation, the RBA looks let to cave at the slightest hint of...

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Well, my backlog has now posted and... it's weird (as is the timing it must be said). Qantas and Binge - both online - posted at 2ppd, but other transactions conducted online like Coles Online (hint NAB - look at the name!), Pernod Ricard and Melbourne Airport only got 1PPD.