new delhi pm narendra modis push for going cashless by promoting card payments is all set to make flying a tad more affordablealmost all indian carriers except air india presently levy a convenience fee of rs 150 per sector which means rs 300 for a round trip for people paying for their tickets with credit or debit cards now some big airlines are reviewing these charges and could drop or reduce the same at least for those using debit cards as the charge levied by banks on merchants anyone taking payment by card for these is much less than credit cards the announcements could be made either this weekend or by early next week by some airlinesan ai official said since almost all other airlines charge a convenience fee we decided to have per segment fee of rs 250 and rs 150 for international and domestic flights respectively however post demonetisation given the pms push for cashless payments we decided to withdraw the charge within days of implementing this levyais move will put pressure on other airlines to follow suit especially at a time the government is also nudging corporates to do so airlines on an average levy rs 150 as convenience fee per passenger per segment from people paying by card frequent flyers question the levy of this fee and say this too should go like the congestion fee that airlines used to charge earlier