Fuel filling, Pay at the pump. Beware of certain issues in the coming months.

[TableLeg]

2 of the main supermarkets are apparently to scrap the £1 card authorisation for Pay the the pump transactions instead moving to a £99 deposit.

The bank will remove the £99 from your account until such time that the actual fuel cost transaction is completed. The difference is then removed from your account.

 

 

[Blatman]

Ths is what Visa have to say about it:

https://www.visa.co.uk/pay-with-visa/pay-at-pump.html

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

I use Shell pay at the pump with Paypal and you have to choose a maximum spend or 'fill to brim' option. Apparently the same 'reserving' process takes place in that system too. The lesson has to be if you are near the limit already, fill up and go to the kiosk to pay. They evidently trust kiosk visitors more than they do pay at pump customers. Of course they might not quite see your point as you try to explain why your card has been rejected!