Qantas cuts debit card surcharge to $2.50 and credit card fee to $7 for domestic flights

From the Herald Sun

FACING the threat of increased regulation, Qantas has decided to cut the domestic surcharge for flights booked with debit cards from $7.70 to $2.50.

Credit card fees will fall 70c to $7 for Australian travel.

11%

The surcharge for international flights booked with debit cards will fall from $30 to $10. The fee for purchasing an overseas fare with a credit card will remain $30.

Note that this is only for domestic flights and not international. If our wiki is still accurate:

Qantas (international) – $30 per person/per booking.
Qantas (domestic) – $7.70 Now $7 per person/per booking.
Qantas (master card debit and Bpay) – $0.00 per person/per booking.

Qantas-owned Jetstar said it was reviewing its "booking and service fee".

This will be interesting. Its fees are sometimes as high as the cost of the flight.

Jetstar (international) – $12.50 per person/per flight.
Jetstar (domestic) – $8.50 per person/per flight.
Jetstar (JQ mastercard, Poli, direct deposit) – $0.00 per person/per flight.

The cynic in me says they'll just add the $.70 onto the cost of the flight. Of course the best way to avoid fees is to use Jetstar's 10% price beat guarantee against a cheaper flight (Tiger). You won't pay any credit card fees but you also won't be flying Qantas (if that matters).