When did QF drop fees for debit cards?

[thewinchester]

This is interesting, one of my Aviation journalist friends mentioned online to me this morning that QF hadn't charged him the usual extortion for using a debit card for a recent booking.

I've gone to test this out, and it seems booking occurring within a short period of time (next 7 days, still testing how far out) receive an option to pay by Debit Card. Selecting Debit Card will cost you nothing, where if you select credit card the $25 for internationals/$7.70 for domestic is applied.

At the moment, only Mastercard Debit is supported, no sign of Visa Debit as yet.

This also seems to be contrary to their Schedule of Fees page, which states:

For all bookings made for Australian domestic travel or international travel departing from Australia, payments by credit, charge or debit card attract a fixed card payment fee, per passenger per ticket:

Has anyone seen this behaviour before, know much about it, or seen anything to explain this change in fees?

 

[oz_mark]

There is no service fee if using a Debit Mastercard within 7 days of the flight. For more than 7 days, you need to use BPAY to avoid the service fee.

As to when this changed, someone else may pinpoint the exact time, but I am guessing around May 2009 (roughly the time the changes to the component pricing laws came into effect!)

 

[markis10]

Its been there for a while, following on from JQ, I would like to see it go to accepting Visa as well.

 

[yohy?!]

What are the standard debit card merchant charges?

 

[markis10]

What are the standard debit card merchant charges?

Depends on what bank you are with, however the part of the charge that goes to Mastercard is listed clearly on their website:

Interchange Fees | MasterCard® Australia