Qantas Travel Money changing to Qantas Pay - May 2024

[CaptJCool]

Yes we did see many of these. I just love it when they list 15/20/25 as the default percentages for tipping. You do have to navigate the terminal to find the 'No tip' or 'Custom tip' options, making it even more difficult to avoid tipping.

Lots of places creating the expectation of tipping that would not have done so previously. Very disconcerting!

That’s because of the way wages are calculated in the USA and how EXPECTED tips REDUCE what the employer is required to pay

No wonder during COVID so many people didn’t want to go back to work. Their employers were just awful bosses

The Fair Labor Standards Act allows you as an employer to take a credit for the difference between the amount you pay the employee (a minimum of $2.13 an hour) and the minimum wage amount ($7.25 an hour as of August 2022)

An Employer's Guide to Employee Tips

Employers must know how to deal with employee tip income, including how to handle types of tips, state and federal wage laws, and reporting requirements.

www.thebalancemoney.com

The Democrats had a Covid weekly payment around $600 plus $75 per child

$2.13 per hour = $80 per week
$7.25 per hour = $290 per week

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

QP formerly QTMC has never worked on my Googlepay on Galaxy S21.
I have tried several times, and the pop up keeps saying, this card is not available, and is greyed out, on Googlepay/Samsung pay also not available, most likely it cant be done for tapandgo on phone, but lucky the red (in my case) card is still valid on tapandgo instore, just not online for using the phone to tapandgo..
But when I go to KFC, and use the standalone kiosk to preorder, (here in Aus), it works.
I think it was mentioned on here, that due to the fact that QP/QTMC is not a visa/mastercard debit/credit, somewhere in the Googlepay system, it wont accept QP/QTMC.

 

[gilldo]

QP formerly QTMC has never worked on my Googlepay on Galaxy S21.
I have tried several times, and the pop up keeps saying, this card is not available, and is greyed out, on Googlepay/Samsung pay also not available, most likely it cant be done for tapandgo on phone, but lucky the red (in my case) card is still valid on tapandgo instore, just not online for using the phone to tapandgo..
But when I go to KFC, and use the standalone kiosk to preorder, (here in Aus), it works.
I think it was mentioned on here, that due to the fact that QP/QTMC is not a visa/mastercard debit/credit, somewhere in the Googlepay system, it wont accept QP/QTMC.

From my understanding both the current and new cards are effectively Debit Mastercards. Last time I looked they were supplied by Heritage Bank (under an agreement with Qantas), but they (Heritage) simply choose not to support GooglePay or anything similar. Tis' a pity!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Ah, I see.
Thanks for that Gilldo, didnt realizie that was why.
My QP or at the moment still QTMC has got a long way to go yet, can't believe that while other banks issue cards for 4 years, mine was issued in 2020, when I dropped back to NB with the red coloured QTMC, and with an exp of 2027.

 

[Brucetiki]

Does anyone know how long it takes for points for using this card are credited to your QFF account?

 

[bertair]

Yes we did see many of these. I just love it when they list 15/20/25 as the default percentages for tipping. You do have to navigate the terminal to find the 'No tip' or 'Custom tip' options, making it even more difficult to avoid tipping.

Lots of places creating the expectation of tipping that would not have done so previously. Very disconcerting!

My choice would be to pay the bill as presented and have a few $US in notes to hand to the server. Not sure if this may result in a back lash, but I shall see on my up coming US visit

 

[Flyfrequently]

Does anyone know how long it takes for points for using this card are credited to your QFF account?

About 3 weeks @Brucetiki
Used card in Portugal early September - points posted 25th September.