Pre-paid Bank Card to pay for Flights
Jul 2nd 2010, 11:04 am
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Pre-paid Bank Card to pay for Flights
Has anyone living in Spain tried to get one of these so as not to pay the exorbitant charges by ryanair etc.
Jul 2nd 2010, 12:37 pm
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Jul 2nd 2010, 12:55 pm
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Re: Pre-paid Bank Card to pay for Flights
yes I use one, can't believe everyone doesn't at 10 quid a flight.
Go to Phones 4 u & get an escape card, 10 quid all in & free to use. Just 1% or so on the top ups.
Go to Phones 4 u & get an escape card, 10 quid all in & free to use. Just 1% or so on the top ups.
Jul 2nd 2010, 2:45 pm
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Jul 2nd 2010, 3:50 pm
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Re: Pre-paid Bank Card to pay for Flights
caja rural group of banks here had to have a current account and card €9 p.a.then free prepaid mastercard card. works on ryanair. free to load and unload online or hole in the wall in spain. no fee to use.
Jul 2nd 2010, 5:53 pm
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Escape card is from Phones 4 u shops. Ask the staff, don't bother getting yr name printed on it & you can walk away with an activated card for free Ryanair flights for a tenner.
You can preload it & buy stuff online too. If you get scammed you have v little credit to lose.
You can preload it & buy stuff online too. If you get scammed you have v little credit to lose.
Jul 9th 2010, 7:28 am
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Re: Pre-paid Bank Card to pay for Flights
I use www.neteller.com
No Ryanair Charges and very cheap to use. Make sure you get the card not the virtual card.
No Ryanair Charges and very cheap to use. Make sure you get the card not the virtual card.
Jul 9th 2010, 10:32 am
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Re: Pre-paid Bank Card to pay for Flights
I don't have the miss fortune of flying Ryanair but their card doesn't incur the extra charge
We have been using it for pre loading with euros for several years now.
The only charge on the card is for the initial purchase of the card ( £ 10 if I remember correctly) but this is credited to your account when you first load the card.
Usually a good rate of exchange I got 1.21 euros per pound 2 weeks ago.
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Jul 9th 2010, 11:32 am
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Re: Pre-paid Bank Card to pay for Flights
I thought the nasty little man was going to charge for all cards except his own one that carries a yearly charge of around 80 quid ?
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Jul 9th 2010, 8:30 pm
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Re: Pre-paid Bank Card to pay for Flights
I use FairFX, but unfortunately they are only available to U.K. buyers.
Ryanair will take any prepay mastercard, we'd only just switched to Visa Electron when they decided to charge for it
It's like a game, you just have to be one step ahead!
Ryanair will take any prepay mastercard, we'd only just switched to Visa Electron when they decided to charge for it
It's like a game, you just have to be one step ahead!
