A “credit card surcharge” and a “cash discount” are precisely the same thing. But they sure do not feel that way! RyanAir customers were outraged in 2012 when the airline imposed a 2 percent surcharge on customers who paid with credit cards. Would the airline have been wiser to raise their ticket prices by 2 percent and then offer a 2 percent discount to customers who paid with cash?

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