Virgin Australia $0 Booking and Service Fee for PayPal - Save $7.70

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Macca87 on 15/12/2013 - 10:05 virginaustralia.com (398 clicks)
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I just booked a flight on VA, selected PayPal as my payment option and to my surprise, no booking and service fee was added. According to their fee schedule, they charge a fee for PayPal so either it is an error or they have changed their stance and haven't updated the schedule yet.
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  detonator on 15/12/2013 - 10:25

  since when VA began to accept paypal?

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    Food on 15/12/2013 - 11:15

    Since ages ago

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  Lord Fart Bucket on 15/12/2013 - 11:04

  +5

  Bookings fees, transaction fees, service fees etc are just a load of sh#t to offset low fares.

  When the hell are we going to get rid off this crap?

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    Afurotsu on 15/12/2013 - 11:11

    They're a proprietary business, you don't need to fly with them.

    As you even said yourself, by offering low fares they'll inevitably pass on costs that they incur if you choose to use a costly payment method.

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      Lord Fart Bucket on 15/12/2013 - 17:03

      +4

      True. But why not start with free flights and just pay a "distance surcharge"?

      These fees are a load of shit.

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    grasstown on 15/12/2013 - 11:14

    +2

    Yes but if you pay by the free fee method you win. It is always possible to pay the advertised fare, and not a cent more.

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  grasstown on 15/12/2013 - 11:19

  Yeah maybe cos they don't appear from that schedule to accept poli then this is their fee free option? But I think it might still be in breach of the rules as they have not advised customers of which method is fee free - in order to be able to advertise at the fee free fare.

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  Coops1 on 15/12/2013 - 11:28

  +3

  Just did a brummie booking, $7.70 fee was added when PayPal was selected. Probably just a glitch/code error for a specific set of booking condition / selections.

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  leiiv on 15/12/2013 - 12:19

  Anyone else think that using poli is insecure and put liabilities on our side?

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    Marrk on 15/12/2013 - 18:30

    I have used POLi before, not recently though, as the banks aren't a fan of the service.

    NAB: "Customers are covered for any fraudulent transactions when it's clear they didn't contribute to the loss". You may not be covered by your bank if POLi contributes to the fraudulent transactions.

    http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/326952,banks-concerned-ove…

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  ozbargained on 15/12/2013 - 17:40

  +1

  Yay. I saved $7.70 for my $1000 + flight!

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  Bargain4U on 15/12/2013 - 17:50

  -1

  Fee applies to all bookings I've tried.

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  Hoffo on 28/12/2013 - 10:23

  I tried this yesterday with two bookings. Booking made with FF = no booking fee. Booking made without FF = booking fee. Can't comment if this is correlation or coincidence.

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  tinx on 01/01/2014 - 18:49

  To avoid virgin cc fee, i pricematch it with expedia :)