Scoot Removes Payment Processing Fees Globally Starting Today

·      Since March 2018, Scoot has progressively removed payment processing fees in selected markets.

·      Customers already enjoy the convenience of an extensive range of payment options offered by Scoot and can now look forward to even greater value when booking Scoot flights.

Singapore – Aligning with its vision since inception of making travel attainable for all, Scoot today announced the removal of payment processing fees[1] globally for all bookings made on its direct channels, offering customers even greater value with immediate effect.

To provide customers greater convenience and a seamless booking experience, Scoot currently offers a comprehensive range of payment options across its network of 67 cities in 17 countries and territories. This includes global payment methods such as Apple Pay, Credit Card (American Express, JCB, MasterCard, UnionPay, Visa), Google Pay and PayPal, and local payment methods such as AXS and PayNow for Singapore customers, POLi for Australia customers, WeChat Pay and Alipay for Chinese customers, DragonPay for Philippines customers, Konbini for Japan customers, and Momo for Vietnam customers.

The evolution of payment systems over the years, driven by technological improvements, has helped to significantly defray the associated costs required to support and maintain the payment infrastructure. From March 2018, Scoot has progressively removed payment processing fees, in selected markets, beginning with Europe. More recently, in August 2019, the fees for selected local payment methods, including AXS (for customers in Singapore) and Konbini (for customers in Japan), were removed. Momo, an e-wallet and mobile payment app launched in end August 2019 for customers in Vietnam, also has zero payment processing fees.

Mr Lee Lik Hsin, Scoot’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “When Scoot first started, we offered a limited range of payment methods at a higher implementation and maintenance cost. As we expanded globally and heard our customers’ feedback, we took advantage of advances in payment technology to implement many more payment methods to improve our customers’ experience. In order to pass on the savings to our customers as our costs came down, we have since March 2018 progressively removed payment processing fees in selected markets. Now, we are ready to do away with it globally. We hope this gives our customers better value and more reasons to escape the ordinary with us.”

For more savings, Singapore customers may purchase their flights during Scoot’s Got To Go Promotion commencing tomorrow, 24 September 2019, where they can enjoy one-way promotional fares to 26 cities including Langkawi, Trivandrum and Athens, from 52SGD on Economy FLY, and 199SGD on ScootPlus. To view the destinations and applicable travel periods for the promotion, customers can visit www.flyscoot.com/gtg.

For a list of payment methods that can be used in each country/territory, kindly refer to Annex.

  

Annex – Available Payment Methods in each country/territory*

Country/Territory	Payment Methods Available
Australia	Apple Pay, Credit Card (American Express, Master Card, Visa), Google Pay, PayPal, POLi
China	Alipay, Credit Card (American Express, JCB, Master Card, UnionPay, Visa), Google Pay, WeChat Pay
Germany & Greece	Apple Pay, Credit Card (American Express, Master Card, Visa), Google Pay, PayPal
Hong Kong SAR, China	Apple Pay, Credit Card (American Express, JCB, Master Card, UnionPay, Visa), Google Pay, PayPal
Indonesia	Credit Card (American Express, JCB, Master Card, Visa), Google Pay
India	Credit Card (Master Card, Visa), Google Pay
Japan	Credit Card (American Express, JCB, Master Card, Visa), Google Pay, Konbini, PayPal
Korea	Credit Card (JCB, Master Card, Visa), Google Pay
Laos	Apple Pay, Credit Card (American Express, JCB, Master Card, Visa), PayPal, Google Pay,
Macau SAR, China	Apple Pay, Credit Card (American Express, JCB, Master Card, Visa), Google Pay, PayPal
Malaysia	Credit Card (American Express, Master Card, Visa), Google Pay
Maldives	Credit Card (American Express, JCB, Mastercard, Visa), Google Pay, Paypal
Philippines	Credit Card (American Express, JCB, Master Card, Visa), Dragonpay, Google Pay, PayPal
Saudi Arabia	Credit Card (American Express, Master Card, Visa), Google Pay
Singapore	Apple Pay, AXS, Credit Card (American Express, Master Card, JCB, UnionPay, Visa), Google Pay, PayNow, PayPal
Thailand	Credit Card (American Express, Master Card, JCB, Visa), Google Pay, PayPal
Taiwan, China	Credit Card (American Express, Master Card, JCB, Visa), Google Pay, PayPal
Vietnam	Credit Card (Visa, Master Card, JCB), Google Pay, Momo

* Only applicable to bookings made on Scoot’s direct channels only