Travel agents and airlines throughout Europe started to charge processing fees (usually ~ 8EUR by airlines) when you pay by credit card. Unfortunately there is

Travel agents and airlines throughout Europe started to charge processing fees (usually ~ 8EUR by airlines) when you pay by credit card. Unfortunately there is usually no other reasonable means to pay for the service so I bite the bullet and pay it. It bugs me and annoys me, but I think - at least in Europe - this is perfectly legal and within the framework of the merchant agreements. (Don't get me started on the 20 Euro "Service Charge" I pay when I purchase a flight ticket on the internet for the privilege of doing their work by hacking the necessary data into their systems)