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

Mr Trade In

Can anyone tell me if I can use one of these cards on Play.com?

youcancallmeal

The company behind Dublin City Gift Cards went into liquidation and then was bought back out of it. No idea what this means for the future of DCGC though?

Thread discussing it here

Amalgam

youcancallmeal wrote: »

The company behind Dublin City Gift Cards went into liquidation and then was bought back out of it. No idea what this means for the future of DCGC though?

Thread discussing it here

Even the day\week after the company went to the wall, the cards were still active, there just wasn't any way to check the remainder.

I'm just after polishing off all the remainders of my cards on the Android Market.. I'd be amazed if the DCGC rose up from the ashes, it was such a good simple card, can't have that now..

leakyboots

So is no-one using Entropay any more? My one is expiring in the next few months and I'm wondering is there an alternative?

sweetie

so which is the best card to use for ryanair now? I need to book two flights for abour 205 euro? Is the blanchardstown card still viable if the dublincity one has gone? thanks

yabadabado

Hi ,I have the expression card and tried to use it on Ryanair for the first time since last september.It has been declined ,there is enough funds to cover the cost of the flights.
Does anyone know if these cards still work on Ryanair?

RachaelVO

yabadabado wrote: »

Hi ,I have the expression card and tried to use it on Ryanair for the first time since last september.It has been declined ,there is enough funds to cover the cost of the flights.
Does anyone know if these cards still work on Ryanair?

I don't know anything about that card, BUT what I do know is, is that they don't accept anonymous cards anymore, they have no problem with prepaid cards, but it has to be a card with an account like Neteller, Moneybookers (which I think is called Skrill now) or a card when you actually have to confirm some details with them!

yabadabado

RachaelVO wrote: »

I don't know anything about that card, BUT what I do know is, is that they don't accept anonymous cards anymore, they have no problem with prepaid cards, but it has to be a card with an account like Neteller, Moneybookers (which I think is called Skrill now) or a card when you actually have to confirm some details with them!

The expression card has my name on it and expiry date,ccv number so I should be covered.I night give the company a ring .see what they say ,the card is still advertised as working with Ryanair.

Is there something where flights to/from England aren't covered by prepaid mastercards?

RachaelVO

yabadabado wrote: »

The expression card has my name on it and expiry date,ccv number so I should be covered.I night give the company a ring .see what they say ,the card is still advertised as working with Ryanair.

Is there something where flights to/from England aren't covered by prepaid mastercards?

I don't know anything about the expression card, giving them a call is probably a good idea

I don't think flights to and from England are effected, but if you're billing address is in the UK, then to get the fare without charges you have to have their own prepaid mastercard, the rest of europe is not (as far as I know) subject to that, particularly as they have their own financial standards, and I'm pretty sure if you have a German billing address you can't be charged extra at all, it's against the law!

yabadabado

There was a problem with my card, that's sorted now but I am trying to book a flight from London to France and they are adding the £6 admin fee.It wasn't added to another flight I booked from Dublin to London.
Does it not work for flights that depart England?

snubbleste

I can see the previous post directly answers your question.

yabadabado

snubbleste wrote: »

I can see the previous post directly answers your question.

Just had a look again.The Ryanair cash passport is the only one that works from England now even though I am purchasing from Ireland with a card registered/billing address in Ireland?

boatbuilder

Damn annoying the way Ryanair keep changing the goalposts here. :mad:

I have a prepaid Mastercard from Entropay.
The billing address is in Ireland but the account currency is Sterling.

I cannot book ANY flight with it now on Ryanair, it just won't accept it at all. It comes up with this error now when I try to use it. I'm guessing its something to do with the billing address and the currency being from different countries. I have used it 10 times or more over the past few years to book Ryanair flights, so they must have changed something recently to make my card not work.

Really don't know what to do now...

Payment Error

Your card payment could not be processed due to one of the below reasons. Please review the below issues and go back to the previous (Payment) page and resubmit:

You have mistyped the card number or some of the digits are missing go to the previous (Payment) page and resubmit.
The card type selected (e.g. Mastercard, Visa, Visa Electron) is invalid for the card number provided go to the previous (Payment) page and reselect.
You have incorrectly entered the card number into the cardholder name box or vice versa go to the previous (Payment) page and re-enter.
The billing address is incorrect- go to the previous (Payment) page and re-enter, ensuring the billing address matches the address on your card statement.

Click this button to return to the Payment page.

holly8

boatbuilder wrote: »

Damn annoying the way Ryanair keep changing the goalposts here. :mad:

I have a prepaid Mastercard from Entropay.
The billing address is in Ireland but the account currency is Sterling.

I cannot book ANY flight with it now on Ryanair, it just won't accept it at all. It comes up with this error now when I try to use it. I'm guessing its something to do with the billing address and the currency being from different countries. I have used it 10 times or more over the past few years to book Ryanair flights, so they must have changed something recently to make my card not work.

Really don't know what to do now...

Payment Error

Your card payment could not be processed due to one of the below reasons. Please review the below issues and go back to the previous (Payment) page and resubmit:

You have mistyped the card number or some of the digits are missing go to the previous (Payment) page and resubmit.
The card type selected (e.g. Mastercard, Visa, Visa Electron) is invalid for the card number provided go to the previous (Payment) page and reselect.
You have incorrectly entered the card number into the cardholder name box or vice versa go to the previous (Payment) page and re-enter.
The billing address is incorrect- go to the previous (Payment) page and re-enter, ensuring the billing address matches the address on your card statement.

Click this button to return to the Payment page.

ok i had trouble as well last time (a few weeks ago) getting payment authorised on my lots-used-before-entropay card- my card also in sterling but with an irish billing address - seems RA apply their own currency exchange rates to the final transaction. It detected that my card was sterling and then tried to bill me, in small print, in sterling, and then apply its own exchange rates- in small print. And display it in Euro. While i had transferred just enough to cover cost of flights to my entropay card from Euro to Sterling, it was not enough to cover cost of transaction. There was a tick box I eventually disabled, had to really look for it .. but then my booking went through no probs at all. Does this make sense? Really sneaky I thought (or really clever?)

boatbuilder

I found that tick box and tried it as well, but still no joy.
I have plenty of funds in my card.
I contacted Entropay support and got this reply...

Looks like Ryanair have blocked Entropay completely.

Please note that Ryanair are currently blocking our BIN (Bank Identification Number) and we are working to reverse this very intensively with MasterCard and Ryanair themselves.

Unfortunately, I cannot give a date when this will be fixed, but expect it to be within the next couple of weeks.

You may wish to use an alternative method of payment to book flights with them until this matter is resolved.

Sheep Shagger

From 1 March you'll need a Ryanair Prepaid card

Ryanair launches pre-paid credit card to avoid €6 booking fee

Ryanair has launched a pre-paid credit card which, it said, is the only payment method to avoid Ryanair’s €6 ‘administration fee’.

In a statement, the airline said that the MasterCard prepaid card, managed by Access Prepaid Worldwide, will replace other MasterCard Prepaid cards as the only way to avoid Ryanair’s €6 admin fee for Irish originating bookings from March 1st onwards. All Irish bookings made with any other card will attract Ryanair’s €6 administration fee, according to the airline.

"Ryanair’s €6 admin fee will not apply to any bookings made with a Ryanair Cash Passport card and there are no transaction fees for using the card at Irish and international merchants," said Ryanair's Stephen McNamara.

"So we urge our Irish passengers to make the switch to Ryanair Cash Passport as soon as possible to ensure that they will continue to avoid Ryanair’s avoidable admin fees from 1st March next.”

The airline also said that each cardholder will receive a €10 Ryanair travel voucher, equivalent to the value of the card fee. It also said that there would be no transaction fees levied on cardholders for any purchases made on the Ryanair.com website or at any other merchants.

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Whilst there are no transaction fees there are loading and non activity fees.

:mad:
http://www.businesspost.ie/#!story/Home/News/Ryanair+launches+pre-paid+credit+card+to+avoid+%E2%82%AC6+booking+fee/id/19410615-5218-4f2b-ef48-1fbb50574683

leakyboots

So is that Moneybooker and Netteller gone?

Got this from another forum -

"Forget it .. the fees associated with the ryanair card more than make up for any saving associated with it - http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en-ie/.../Fees--Limits/
top-ups cost €3 and the minimum top up is €175 and if you don't use the card for 6 months you then get charged €3 per month for NOT using it ?! the ONLY top up mechanism appears to be online using a VISA or Mastercard debit or credit, no bank transfers. And despite their little pitch that you can use it to get cash etc.. there are charges for using it to get cash at an ATM or in a bank"

madmoe

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

From 1 March you'll need a Ryanair Prepaid card

Ryanair launches pre-paid credit card to avoid €6 booking fee

Ryanair has launched a pre-paid credit card which, it said, is the only payment method to avoid Ryanair’s €6 ‘administration fee’.

In a statement, the airline said that the MasterCard prepaid card, managed by Access Prepaid Worldwide, will replace other MasterCard Prepaid cards as the only way to avoid Ryanair’s €6 admin fee for Irish originating bookings from March 1st onwards. All Irish bookings made with any other card will attract Ryanair’s €6 administration fee, according to the airline.

"Ryanair’s €6 admin fee will not apply to any bookings made with a Ryanair Cash Passport card and there are no transaction fees for using the card at Irish and international merchants," said Ryanair's Stephen McNamara.

"So we urge our Irish passengers to make the switch to Ryanair Cash Passport as soon as possible to ensure that they will continue to avoid Ryanair’s avoidable admin fees from 1st March next.”

The airline also said that each cardholder will receive a €10 Ryanair travel voucher, equivalent to the value of the card fee. It also said that there would be no transaction fees levied on cardholders for any purchases made on the Ryanair.com website or at any other merchants.

***************************************

Whilst there are no transaction fees there are loading and non activity fees.

:mad:
http://www.businesspost.ie/#!story/Home/News/Ryanair+launches+pre-paid+credit+card+to+avoid+%E2%82%AC6+booking+fee/id/19410615-5218-4f2b-ef48-1fbb50574683

Same old story!! If they can't get you one way they will get you another way!!

madmoe

leakyboots wrote: »

So is that Moneybooker and Netteller gone?

Got this from another forum -

"Forget it .. the fees associated with the ryanair card more than make up for any saving associated with it - http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en-ie/.../Fees--Limits/
top-ups cost €3 and the minimum top up is €175 and if you don't use the card for 6 months you then get charged €3 per month for NOT using it ?! the ONLY top up mechanism appears to be online using a VISA or Mastercard debit or credit, no bank transfers. And despite their little pitch that you can use it to get cash etc.. there are charges for using it to get cash at an ATM or in a bank"

TOTAL waste of time then!!

leakyboots

madmoe wrote: »

TOTAL waste of time then!!

Yup. I was going to get a NT or MB card but will hold tough for the moment.

board_walker

I got the same reply from Entropay regarding Ryanair blocking their BIN. The annoying thing is that Ryanair still have the card as an option on their website.
With their passport card I guess that the non useage fee can be avoided by using it to make occasional purchases at Mastercard merchants( e.g. supermarkets)

Coolaboy

Hi folks. What is the best pre paid credit card to use to avoid the ryan air charge then?

ted1

the only one that works is the ryanair one.


Its €10 to buy but includes €10 voucher
€3 to top up but takes 24 hr for credit to come through.
€3 fee if no activity for 3 months.
€ lots to use for everday transactions

boatbuilder

ted1 wrote: »

the only one that works is the ryanair one.


Its €10 to buy but includes €10 voucher
€3 to top up but takes 24 hr for credit to come through.
€3 fee if no activity for 3 months.
€ lots to use for everday transactions

You have to shell out 185 to actually order the card.

Then its minimum reload amount of 175.

jmorrisey

Is this not illegal what ryanair are doing? I thought by law they had to offer a payment option which avoided the fees but if they are blocking all options bar their own card is there not some regulator that can be complained to?

board_walker

Persistance has paid off!
I called the Ryanair call centre a to enquire as to why the Entropay prepay Mastercard was being rejected. The first agent that I got tried to fob me off with it was a browser problem. I called again and got an agent that was aware that the BIN was being blocked and allowed me to book through the call centre with the card for the online price

mopi

board_walker wrote: »

Persistance has paid off!
I called the Ryanair call centre a to enquire as to why the Entropay prepay Mastercard was being rejected. The first agent that I got tried to fob me off with it was a browser problem. I called again and got an agent that was aware that the BIN was being blocked and allowed me to book through the call centre with the card for the online price

Before others start queuing up to phone Ryanair did you have to call the premium rate number to avoid the e6 charge ?

board_walker

The Ryanair contact number is 0818303030.
0818 calls are charged at national rates. The calls that I made cost about 55cent for 10 minutes. The admin fee saved was €12 (return flight) so I would say it was worth the effort!

rockihudson

does anyone know if dundrum prepaid card still any use

breathn

Is the PerfectCard still the fastest way to get mastercard to pay for stuff online?
I need to buy stuff online tonight so I might head out to Dundrum to get one of these.

perfectcard

Hi all, Just to let you know our Perfectcard online card will nolonger save you €6 per flight This seems to have come into effect from yesterday. We have no control over it, but the card will still work to book flights. Ryanair have brought out there own passport card and are now charging a fantastic €10 for it !!!

d@rk l0rd

They charge €10 for it but you get a €10 voucher to use towards a flight.

loopymum

Any update of using Neteller again or is it a non-runner?

mp3ireland2

loopymum wrote: »

Any update of using Neteller again or is it a non-runner?

Only card that avoids the fees is now the ryanair prepaid card.

georgem25

loopymum wrote: »

Any update of using Neteller again or is it a non-runner?

Tried to use my card this week but the €12 charge was added

harryd2

d@rk l0rd wrote: »

They charge €10 for it but you get a €10 voucher to use towards a flight.

Can't find that anywhere.. any ref?

d@rk l0rd

Yep. Here you go. http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en-ie/Ryanair/Card-Benefits/

harryd2

d@rk l0rd wrote: »

Yep. Here you go. http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en-ie/Ryanair/Card-Benefits/

Nice one thanks!
Just ordered one

loopymum

How much are people putting on the cards? Does it really take 24hours? I am hoping to pick up cheap tickets last minute during the summer. There are 5 of us

HappyHarry

harryd2 wrote: »

Nice one thanks!
Just ordered one

Did you read all of the fees and the terms, minimum load amount etc?
http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en-ie/Ryanair/About/Fees--Limits/
I have visa electron and netteller cards over the years to avoid the fees, but doesn't look like this is worth it. It's game set and match to Ryanair.

It should now be illegal for them to quote the fares without the €6 booking fee.

It's no surprise that their passenger numbers are falling and Aer Lingus's are rising.

It's a real pity they have been allowed to build up a monopoly to many smaller destinations over the years with their sharp practices.

podgeandrodge

Is it time, over 140,000 views and over 2 years later, for this particular "bargain alert" to be closed?

d@rk l0rd

It's not illegal for them to not quote the €6 fee in the fare as there is the option not to pay it by having a Cash Passport. Aer Lingus also don't include the €6 fee in their fares.
Yes there are fees but I find it excellent value. I fly Ryanair at least 4 times a month so have already saved a load by getting this card. I had to pay €10 for it but got a free €10 voucher with the card. And €3 to put €175 or more on the card isn't that excessive. MoneyBookers were charging something like 1.5 or 1.75% to put money onto my card which works out pretty much the same.

The important thing is to regularly check the balance and to make sure it never goes into negative balance, to use it at least once every 6 months (for anything) and to make sure there's enough money on it in January to cover the stamp duty - that's where a lot of people are going to get caught for charges! :rolleyes:

Esel

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Is it time, over 140,000 views and over 2 years later, for this particular "bargain alert" to be closed?

Agree.

Maybe start a new thread giving the new 'only way' to avoid the booking charges as stated by this post:

d@rk l0rd wrote: »

Yep. Here you go. http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en-ie/Ryanair/Card-Benefits/

HappyHarry

d@rk l0rd wrote: »

And €3 to put €175 or more on the card isn't that excessive. MoneyBookers were charging something like 1.5 or 1.75% to put money onto my card which works out pretty much the same.

The key point here is there is a minimum of €175 you have to put on, this might be handy for you with the amount of flights you take, but not for the vast majority that are only taking a few flights a year. If my flight is €70 why should I have to put €175 on the card and pay €3 for the privilege! BTW Neteller could have any amount of credit put on it for no charge, you chose to use MoneyBookers (at least there was a choice) and their fees. Visa Electron and the various shopping centre gift cards the same could also be used for free. None of the above cards had a government levy, so you need to spread the €5 over your flights per year (again makes less difference if you take lots of flights)

Spare me the good value spiel, I fly regularly and in many cases I have to use RyanAir because no-one else is flying to the same Airport. While they have a few low fares at some times, I've often paid €200 - €300 for a return flight with them. 6 years ago I got a few flights for less than €40 when flying to out of the way places in the off season and flying mid-week but it's far from the norm these days.

They increase the fees every year and reduce the services, and they distort flying times so they can be the "on time airline" .... it's easy to be on time when you always add 30mins to the normal flying time on your schedule ;-)
I haven't been on a RyanAir flight that took off on time for years, but they always seem to arrive early.

d@rk l0rd wrote: »

The important thing is to regularly check the balance and to make sure it never goes into negative balance, to use it at least once every 6 months (for anything) and to make sure there's enough money on it in January to cover the stamp duty - that's where a lot of people are going to get caught for charges!

Indeed, so if you don't have the €5 there to cover the levy you'll need to add another €175 in credit and pay a €3 fee just to cover the €5 levy.

For the amount of hoops you need to jump through and fees you have to pay, it's hardly a bargain! And we all know that the fees on the card are only going to go one way.

plu

http://www.ryanair.com/ie/terms-and-conditions#regulations-tableoffees

Flights originating in UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Spain no longer qualify for no administration fee when paying with prepaid master card.

finnharps09

see SwirlCard have launched bank account to card, you can load up to 2,500 in one go for € 5.99, seems to have a unique iban for each card as well available from your online account , looks good!

Esel

finnharps09 wrote: »

see SwirlCard have launched bank account to card, you can load up to 2,500 in one go for € 5.99, seems to have a unique iban for each card as well available from your online account , looks good!

Does this have any relevance to avoiding charges on Ryanair?

BarryM

(Slightly) off topic, but relevant.

Having finally given up with Entropay for Ryanair, and unwilling to pay the Ryr fees, I have been trying to get the balance off my Entropay virtual card (there seems to be some permanent problem with the plastic version).

I emailed them and was told to enter bank account details on their site where the money was to go and transfer the balance (less £1.50) to it and hey presto....

Eh, no, first they said I wasn't properly registered and they needed my passport details etc. I told them they already had them, and anyway I was leaving - oh sorry, go ahead, was the reply. Then they said I needed a SWIFT code (I had already given them the IBAN) for the receiving bank. Got that, but the online form says it is too short!!

So, beware.... I'll update here if I ever get my money back.

Mod, move this to another thread if it is more relevant.

Nolimits

Has anyone on here ever tried using a UK billing address with one of these cards?