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Fee avoidance credit card for Ryanair

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  • 27-12-2010 11:50pm
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    Almaviva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭


    I know its been a topic before but it seems to be a moving target:
    - what is the cheapest, most practical card that is accepted for Ryanair bookings without incurring the extra per transaction fee ?


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    Savman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,323 ✭✭✭Savman


    Good results with Moneybookers Prepaid Mastercard here.


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    Wats_in_a_name
    Registered Users Posts: 838 ✭✭✭Wats_in_a_name


    They sell a prepaid mastercard at the giftcard desk in dundrum. Costs €5 to buy


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    roonimirza
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭roonimirza


    http://www.payzone.ie/pages/consumer/payzone-products/payzone-prepaid-mastercard.php


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    3DataModem
    Registered Users Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    As more and more people start using MasterCard debit cards to pay, Ryanair will change the requirement to a different card. This is why they changed from VISA Electron as lots of people started using 'Entropay' cards.

    The reason they - and other airlines - do this is so that they can lawfully advertise the fares as all-inclusive knowing that most people will have to incur the service charge. They just need to have one card type that avoids the fee to be within the guidelines.

    Although it is true that MasterCard debit is the cheapest (from a processing point of view in the EEA anyway).


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    Sandwlch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Sandwlch


    Wats_in_a_name wrote: »
    They sell a prepaid mastercard at the giftcard desk in dundrum. Costs €5 to buy

    Are there no restriction on (or chance of) using it outside Dundrum ?
    Whats in it for Dundrum if they dont restrict it ?


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    CoxswainLovalot
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭CoxswainLovalot


    Moneybookers works well for me.


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    NWPat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭NWPat


    Neteller pre paid Mastercard works for me

    https://www.neteller.com/home/index.jsf


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    Almaviva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭Almaviva


    NWPat wrote: »
    Neteller pre paid Mastercard works for me

    https://www.neteller.com/home/index.jsf

    Thanks.

    How have you found them?

    I went through the registration process, but got more worried the further I went. I found the customer service very poor and was left with the impression that i was dealing with an amateur setup in someones garage rather than a proper bank I would have any confidence in to process money.


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    NWPat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭NWPat


    Thr web site does give that impression, but they do what is says on the tin. You have to provide id the same as any bank and when you have done that the card arrives in a few days. It is easy and cheap to load the card with an existing credit card. Once you have money in your account the card works same as any other credit/debit card. It has saved me a small fortune in Ryanair fees and gives me a sense of well being having played michael O'Leary at his own game;)


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    Wats_in_a_name
    Registered Users Posts: 838 ✭✭✭Wats_in_a_name


    Sandwlch wrote: »
    Are there no restriction on (or chance of) using it outside Dundrum ?
    Whats in it for Dundrum if they dont restrict it ?

    Dundrum gift cards are done by a independent company. They sell 2 types. One for dundrum only which incurs no surcharge and then the Perfect Card that works online for an €5 surcharge


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