Smallest charge to your card?

[steveda]

Telstra's method of surcharging is daft. Pay a bill one month and have the 1% surcharge added to your next bill.

This works out well until you get a final bill of $1.81 and pay online with a card. I'm happy that they accepted my online payment for $0.02. Not sure what I'll do with the 0.03 points though!

What's been the smallest charge that you've made to an american express card (and did the merchant add a surcharge?).

Cheers

Steve

 

[ColinP]

Will you be charged 1% of $0.02 next month? :shock:

 

[yohy?!]

I believe that any amount below $1 should round up to 1 Amex MR point

 

[steveda]

I believe that any amount below $1 should round up to 1 Amex MR point

I've just checked my points balance. The $0.02 seems to have been rounded down to 0 for points purposes.

Cheers

Steve

 

[medhead]

Of course, depending on the card they might round down and carry over the few cents month to month. ANZ used to do that don't know if they still do.

 

[vertisol]

I once received a bill from Telstra for 28 cents every month for 3 years with a helpful 'no need to pay' printed on it.

 

[futaris]

1c = 0 Amex points, except for during the fiasco in 2008.
50c =1 Amex point
1.50 = 2 Amex point

 

[wmetz]

2008 was not a fiasco, as for some of us received a nice Christmas present in points. Yes, I did get a valid offer for the bonus points, but it was nearly wrecked by people who did not receive the offer, and some doing the 1 cent purchase...

 

[rwatts]

Until they trebled the price for stays < 30 mins, I would frequently pay the 50 cent charge at the parking machine of a certain hospital with my Amex. I still use my Amex but now its $1.50

Richard.

(At least its free for < 20mins and my best effort is 12 mins from entry to exit for having bloods taken.)

 

[JohnK]

I don't really remember but my smallest charge would be around $2-$3 and not very often. Occasionally I will buy a beer at the Mill for $4.20.

50c =1 Amex point
1.50 = 2 Amex point

Not in my experience on a standard $1/1 MR point Amex. It would appear that Amex uses some weird formula and carries over the unused cents to other transactions.

 

[straitman]

Not in my experience on a standard $1/1 MR point Amex. It would appear that Amex uses some weird formula and carries over the unused cents to other transactions.

Amex seems to do quite a few things in a strange manner so is this really not a surprise :?:

 

[ChrisFlyer]

My smallest charge has been $0.01 It was in iTunes - I had been using a $50 gift voucher, and it only had $1.68 left on it at the time (for a $1.69 song), so they charged the remaining $0.01 to my Amex... haha

 

[markis10]

My smallest charge was paypal when they took amex for the short time, 0.01 to verify the account.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

What's been the smallest charge that you've made to an american express card (and did the merchant add a surcharge?).

One cent.

It was during the Amex Everday Promo.

I had gone into DSE as part of my points run and selected a CD off their $1 discount table.

At the rego it scanned as 1 cent. Seeing my surprise the cashier said that was correct as the manager had said to clear them all at 1 cent each just to get rid of them. As I already had my Amex at the ready the cashier just swiped it.

So 1 cent for 1000 points.

 

[ChrisFlyer]

One cent.

It was during the Amex Everday Promo.

I had gone into DSE

I thought they (usually) have a $10 EFTPOS minimum? Was that no longer the case, or were you just lucky this time? haha

 

[glass]

I’ve found this year many places have stopped taking amex or min charge is 20 or so for amex (and 10 for visa)

 

[drewbles]

One cent.

It was during the Amex Everday Promo.

I had gone into DSE as part of my points run and selected a CD off their $1 discount table.

At the rego it scanned as 1 cent. Seeing my surprise the cashier said that was correct as the manager had said to clear them all at 1 cent each just to get rid of them. As I already had my Amex at the ready the cashier just swiped it.

So 1 cent for 1000 points.

Shame you didn't tell us about this during the promo. I would have had a lot of cheap coasters at home, and be sitting on a beach somewhere far away rolling in my membership reward points right now