Just saw: no more POLi payments for QF

[33kft]

(apparently he would have had to enter all the transactions manually into some system and it was just too much work for him.)

He seems to be oblivious to the couple of extra lines of code that it would take to make his job irrelevant

I imagine this is all leading to a point in the not too distant future where legislation is going to be needed as common sense has failed. What a privacy disaster in the age of data leaks galore

 

[Rich]

They really need to ditch the surcharges for things here in Australia. Just build it into the price like the rest of the world. In that way people who are silly and decide to pay with cash or BPay get penalized for doing so whilst I can enjoy the many benefits of using a credit card at a slightly subsidized cost.

-RooFlyer88

Perhaps people who use BPay or cash don't want to subsidise us and think we are silly to use cards while the surcharges exist.

 

[PirLPe]

I am glad that POLi is dead. Not because it was a fee free payment option, that is just an unfortunate side effect, but because it was a security disaster and could be replaced tomorrow with something like payid payments to Qantas generated addresses as tracking IDs, which would be much simpler and more secure.

The fact it survived for almost 20 years is an indictment on how seriously people take security when dealing with online transactions. It's Wikipedia page is basically just a list of horrible ideas that the company pivoted through over the years and commentary from security professionals and banks on what a disaster it was:

POLi Payments - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Encouraging unsophisticated internet users to actively assist in a browser hijack of their internet banking session in order to automate the transfer of money out of their bank accounts is an idea that should have never seen the light of day.

I've never used POLi, and I don't regret it. I have only 1 question: why this payment system was blocked only now? Probably there were complaints about data leakage or money leakage.

Unfortunately for kiwis it seems like a New Zealand company has bought out POLi New Zealand and will continue running it for New Zealand customers.

I heard from rumors the demise of POLi in Australia was partly forced by banks, with some banks starting to hold outbound POLi payments for a few days in case of fraud.

Kiwi still has to fight for their safety. I think POLi will be blocked in New Zealand too. Maybe in a year or sooner.

 

[dylarr]

Just did a flight booking and this popped up. POLi is out and PayID is in. Much better solution - good riddance POLi.

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/book-a-trip/flights/payment-options/payid.html

 

[Beano]

There is Paypal.

 

[SeaWolf]

There is Paypal.

Which is handy if you want to book using your credit card to get the travel insurance activated.

 

[Beano]

Which is handy if you want to book using your credit card to get the travel insurance activated.

But that must be new. When I booked a European trip on the NZ website in March it was not available. I use Paypal when I can for overseas purchases. Optus used to use Paypal but not anymore. Credit card now.