Comments on: How to avoid airline credit card charge rip offs

By: ja

ja — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:35:24 +0000

Thanks for that – you have clearly done a lot of research on the usage of Electron Cards, any chance you could stick up a post in your blogs about which banks still issue them, and I’ll gladly link to it. I’m more interested in bank accounts which issue electron cards than pre-paid ones. We’re talking about appealing to total cheapskates here, using a pre-paid card just swaps one set of fees for another – even though it is obviously still cheaper to go down this route than to use a different card when booking those very cheap 1p Ryanair flights! Billund calling next month

By: visa electron shops

visa electron shops — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:12:54 +0000

You simply go to a bank like alliance leister and ask for a debit card. Or you can get a prepaid visa electron which will work fine too.

By: ja

ja — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:08:59 +0000

That is a useless rip off way of doing it (link not included here). They charge a handling fee of 4.95%, so you will very quickly gt stung even more than Ryanair charge you. And I don’t trust a company that says ‘backed by a European bank’ – not much re-assurance if they go down and take your money with them!

By: Travelbug

Travelbug — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:23:20 +0000

There is another way, if you can’t get hold of a Visa Electron at your bank. Get a virtual one.
I just tried.

By: ja

ja — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:29:09 +0000

We ran a story last week about this. I doubt they will be able to get away with these charges for much longer, as they are no longer optional, unless you had previously applied for such a card.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:00:27 +0000

Nobody seems to issue the Electron card anymore. The Co-operative Bank, Woolwich and Alliance & Leicester used to but have now stopped. Does anyone know who will issue an Electron card to avoid these extortionate airline charges?

By: ja

ja — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:36:38 +0000

That’s a nuisance – I hope mine will keep working. I wonder if this is due to people setting up accounts just to pay for cheap flights. I have seen a few of these cards around lately.

By: Dave Chappell

Dave Chappell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:13:41 +0000

The bad news is that the Co-op bank has stopped issuing visa electron cards from the 8th June. I haven’t as yet found anyone else who will issue one.

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