Prepaid Mastercard No Loading or Purchase Charges (Works with Ryanair)

hi guys,

I have this thing
http://www.mywirecard.com/

used last week, worked perfect.
to buy tickets for 111e (2 adults,return) the total charge was 3.25e. (24e when I tried my "plastic" mastercard!)

you can transfer the money to it using "normal" credit card, or by bank transfer.

I emailed them asking is there anyway to link it to my paypal account chancing my arm.

wackjob wrote: »

Think you can only load euro 150 on it. You can load € 2,500 on the Payzone Worldwide Money Card once registered online, if you upgrade you can load € 15,000

worldwide ?> can I just load it and use it on hols in the states?

got a link or where do I get it ?

Bought a €100 Dublin City Gift Card today, used it for about €50 of books from the bookdepository.co.uk and about €10 from DealExtreme and both worked fine. Great way to pay online imo.

There is a lot of useful info in this thread, but a lot of crap too.
Also inaccurate info posted and then contradicted in a later post. Who wants to wade through 7 pages of posts!

Anyone care to take a stab at a single comprehensive post to sum up:
1) What prepaid mastercards can be used with Ryanair and the charges associated with them.
2) Other prepaid card (mastercard, visa, etc) that can be used in foreign countries and/or online and the charges assoicated.

Personally, I've used shopping centre giftcard (by perfectcard) with Ryanair - no fees. And use a Visa Debit for online and foreign countries (Halifax had one, Ulster Bank still offer one, rumour is that PTSB will offer Visa Debit by the summer and another bank will offer one "soon").

I also got a neteller + card as it's free to get any may come in handy, the process was really easy but they had to call a landline, they were unable to get through to my mobile. Haven't used it yet.

curly from cork wrote: »

thanks harry, i was getting really boggled down. here is my scenario. going ot be in dublin city centre on thurs. would like to buy a card to have at home for use on booking ryan air flights.
is there an expiration date on them?
where near grafton st can i buy a card?
if i buy a card for say €100 but dont need it all, what happens to the balance or can i use it for general web purchases?

Expiration Date > Yes all credit \ debit cards have an expiration date.

Where to buy > I THINK you can buy the Dublin city centre card from the ticket kiosk on Ground Floor St Stephen's Green SC, Jervis Centre, and Powerscount Town Centre.

What about the balance > It stays on the card, yes you can use it online for other purchases (maybe not everywhere). Where is gets complicated is what (if any) charges apply if you don't use the card for an extended period and if you can top it up or not.

http://www.dublincitybid.ie/component/content/article/1/219-dublin-city-gift-card.html

I was told by the woman selling it to me that the Perfect Card version cant be topped up as it would then be subject to the governments annnual credit card levy.

fatherjack wrote: »

I had a similar problem when I provided them with my landline number in the format '+353....', they emailed saying they couldn't get through. However, when I requested a callback using '00353...', I got a callback within a few minutes.

Has anyone successfully received a callback from Neteller recently?
I have tried for the last couple of days to get a callback to both mobile and fixed lines using +353, 00353, 011 353 with no success at all.

Thunderlips wrote: »

hi,

has anyone used the Liffey Valley multi-centre gift mastercard, i got one today at 1pm and even when i check my balance online it says my balance is 0.00, does anyone know if there is a delay on this.

I rang liffey valley and the customer service girl said it should be topped up yet sometimes when you check online there can be a delay.

anybody know anything with this...cheers.

Just wondering if this "Multi-Centre Gift card" worked with Ryanair particularly as they can be got in Cork.

Are there any other known good options for those of us living in the Real Capital ??

jarmstrong001 wrote: »

Has anyone successfully received a callback from Neteller recently?
I have tried for the last couple of days to get a callback to both mobile and fixed lines using +353, 00353, 011 353 with no success at all.

I got one about two weeks ago, have received the card since. They couldn't get through on the mobile at all, so gave them landline and got the call 5mins later.

frankiebaby wrote: »

Just noticed this on the Ryanair website:



Can be seen on the Ryanair website, Fees section: LINK

Anyone know how long this 'limited period' is?
Is this something Ryanair just added recently or has this been up on the website for long?

Frankie

Does this mean the free loophole for bypassing the credit card charges will be gone for good shortly and we will get nailed every time we make a booking ?

what is the difference between these and 3v cards ?

paconnors wrote: »

I've Recently got the moneybookers.com prepaid mastercard, it costs €10 to purchase and it can be topped up with an irish laser card they dont charge any purchasing fees, i have used it successfully on ebay and paypal no problems at all

Does it work for free on Ryanair?

This on their front page does not inspire confidence though!

€ 16'442'535'987 processed transactions

Ahasver wrote: »

If I use my normal mastercard, with say E100 in the black, will that be accepted by Ryanair as a prepaid mastercard?

No, it's still a credit card even though you have a credit balance. Ryanair's system will know this by the credit card number.