Charged a cash advance fee for a gift card purchase

I think the issue with many of the "cash advance" treatments up-thread is the use of PayPal as the middle-man, and what matters is how PayPal present the purchase to the card provider
Maybe, but the impression I get is it seems to be specifically related to CBA. I never had this issue with PayPal and Amex. Of course I won't be trying CBA direct to confirm.
 

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