Starting this Monday, and until December 5, more than and million tourists they will travel around the country using the accommodation reservations, tickets and other services they made in September with the plan preview 3.
Then comes the long-awaited moment when the National Ministry of Tourism and Sports begins to return to each beneficiary the 50% of the money you paidor 70% if you are a PAMI member, so that you can guests during the trip or after.
These refunds, up to $70,000 per personwill begin in the next few days to be credited to the Previaje Cards as a balance in favor which can only be used in certain types of businesses y Limited Time.
In turn, the credit can be used in stores making payments of three different wayseither with the physical card of the plan or from the cellphone.
Here is a guide with frequently asked questions of travelers about the collection of their refund, the alternatives to use it, its expiration and more.
Since when can the pre-trip reimbursement be spent and what day does it expire?
If the Government approved the uploaded receipts, the plan’s official website will show the tourist how much “validated credit” got.
As explained to Clarion from the Ministry of Tourism, these amounts will become available to spend recently “a few days before” from start date of each trip.
That money, in turn, can be spent on one or multiple purchases up to the December 31, 2022. As of January 1, 2023, what has not been used will be lost.
In which businesses can the credit be spent?
The refund can be used to pay -always in one installment- in shops of all country that belong to the following items:
–Accommodation. It includes hotels, inns, bungalow cabins, aparts, ranches, youth hostels, timeshares, campsites and mountain refuges.
–Transport. Includes cabotage tickets on long-distance buses and planes, transfers, and rental of vehicles and equipment for tourism.
–Travel agency. In travel, tourism and ticket companies you can also spend the credit.
–Touristic centres. It includes skiing, sport fishing, thermal tourism, adventure tourism and others.
–Gastronomy. It includes restaurants and canteens with or without shows, cafes, bars and confectioneries.
–Excursions, walks and shows. Includes tickets to botanical gardens, zoos, parks, museums, historic buildings, wineries and others. Also cinema, theater, musical shows, amusement and theme parks, beaches, dance halls and nightclubs.
–Regional products and antiques. It includes regional articles and handicrafts, leather saddlery, silver, alpaca and the like. Also chocolates, ice creams, alfajores, craft beers and others.
Can the credit only be spent at businesses that are members of Previaje?
No. That the provider was registered in the official plan was a requirement to build creditbut it will not be to consume the balances already reintegrated.
The returned money can be used in any company of the country belonging to the tourist items enabled by the program.
However, the chosen location or provider must tener recorded to receive payments with Visa or Mastercard, or to be able to generate a QR code for the user to use the balance paying online from the cell phone.
Can I use the refund in my own city or is it only for travel?
If you still have a credit balance when you return from the trip, it can be spent on a new trip or in premises of the own cityin any case until December 31, 2022.
In what ways can you pay in stores using the money refunded by Previaje?
There will be three ways to pay for purchases with the funds of the plan and in many cases the tourist you can choose which one to use.
METHOD OF PAYMENT N° 1: PREVIAJE PLASTIC CARD
Once the refund has been credited, the Previaje Card can be used to buy in locales y webs (of the enabled items) as if it were a debit card.
To know how much balance is left on the card you can call the Mastercard Call Center at 0800-333-4402 or the Visa Call Center at 0810-222-7342, as applicable. It can also be consulted online at Visa Home, Master Consultations or at the app BNA+ (within the “Your Bank” tab).
METHOD OF PAYMENT N° 2: WITH QR FROM THE BNA+ APP
The credit can also be spent from the cell phone, through the BNA+ app, only in stores that accept QR payments from this app.
To use the pre-trip refund with BNA+ the Steps son:
1. Install the app and register. It is available for Android and for iOS.
2. Adhere the Previaje card. In the “Your wallet” tab, go to the “Payments with MODO” section, enter “Manage cards”, locate the “tourism credit card” in the list and press “Add”.
3. Scan the QR. In a business linked to tourism, notify that it will be paid from BNA +. In the app, then, press the orange button that activates the camera and scan the QR code that the collector will show.
4. Pay in Advance. Select Previaje Card as payment method. Thus, the operation will be paid with the funds of the official plan.
PAYMENT METHOD N°3: WITH QR FROM OTHER MOBILE WALLETS
In addition to BNA+, other popular “wallet apps” allow users to stick your card Prior travel so that it appears among the eligible means of payment at scan a QR in a trade.
MODE, the banks virtual wallet, available for Android and iOS, is one of the apps with which you can spend the official plan credit. Another is Mercado Pago, from Mercado Libre.
Can businesses reject the Previaje Card or charge surcharges?
the only companies forced to accept Payments with Previaje Card are the providers registered in the program. For the rest it is optional.
What is not allowed in any case, according to the Ministry of Tourism, is that charge a higher price for the fact of paying using the subsidy.
“Keep in mind that, according to National Law 25,025, It is illegal that a business charges you a surcharge for paying with the Previaje card. You can report it at the Federal Single Window for Consumer Defense “, they indicate.
What can be done if the credit disappears for no reason or unrealized expenses are computed?
If this happens, it is likely that someone has illegally caught Previaje card data and is spending the balance without authorization.
To report the irregularity and unaware of these operations you have to call the Pre-Trip Contact Center at 0810-555-6100 or communicate by WhatsApp at +54 9 11 4312-5994.
MDG