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From: Buddenbrooks on 30 Nov 2009 16:06 "Neil Williams" <wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message news:4b1427de.694234931(a)news.individual.net... > That wasn't quite what I heard. What I heard was that the banks were > dropping Electron, slowly but surely. I suspect what you saw was BBC news saying that Abbey was dropping it under an unsubstantiated headline that it was being phased out. Followed by another go at Ryan Air. There seemed little reason to mention Ryan Air. The card came into existence for reasons that had nothing to do with Ryan Air. I guess that someone at the BBC must have had to travel Ryan Air when BA first was full.
From: Roland Perry on 1 Dec 2009 03:24 In message <OnWQm.1255$lV2.1162(a)newsfe18.ams2>, at 21:00:25 on Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Buddenbrooks <knightstemplar(a)budweiser.com> remarked: >> That's like a Tuxedo Card, I suppose? Any particular brands, or all >>of them? > >It would appear to be any. None will be as cheap as Electron. although >cheaper than paying the credit card usage fee. Won't that depend a bit on the fare, and which card? The last Easyjet flight I took cost �250 [5hrs each way, so not bad value], which would cost �7.50 in charges on a Tuxedo, for example. If that had been a family trip for four, �30. The charges vary quite considerably (if you've got a card for occasional airline use, watch out for monthly fees): http://www.what-prepaid-card.co.uk/features/compare-cards-prepaid.html The other problem wit using a pre-pay card for airline tickets is you have you have to top it up with whatever amount you predict you might want to spend, which is kinda backwards given you are buying online *now* and topping up at a physical outlet somewhere. -- Roland Perry
From: Roland Perry on 1 Dec 2009 03:28 In message <4b1427de.694234931(a)news.individual.net>, at 20:19:29 on Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Neil Williams <wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk> remarked: >On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:50:49 -0000, "Buddenbrooks" ><knightstemplar(a)budweiser.com> wrote: > >>Rion Air are dropping Electron in favour of Pre Paid MasterCard. > >That wasn't quite what I heard. The news items say Ryanair is dropping the Electron "promotion" from 1st Jan. >What I heard was that the banks were dropping Electron, slowly but >surely. And people have been niggling away at Ryanair about that, so now they've changed horses. >As the Ryanair exemption only exists so they can justify having a >credit and debit card fee, I don't think they care until it is >abolished completely. They obviously do care, because they've swapped. I wouldn't be surprised if the bashing they got this weekend was the last straw. >Indeed, the fewer people that can use one, the better. But now that's been "exposed" for the Nth time, they have to move on. >Though even with these fees, Ryanair can still be very cheap. I had a >nice trip to Muenchen via Memmingen[1] at the weekend for well under >twenty quid. Very true - if you look at the total price, and don't fret too much about the components, they are still a cheap way to fly. -- Roland Perry
From: Roland Perry on 1 Dec 2009 03:34 In message <RtWQm.1256$lV2.1186(a)newsfe18.ams2>, at 21:06:51 on Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Buddenbrooks <knightstemplar(a)budweiser.com> remarked: >I suspect what you saw was BBC news saying that Abbey was dropping it >under an unsubstantiated headline that it was being phased out. The fact that Abbey were stopping issuing Electron cards was part of the R4 consumer show story on Saturday. It was in the context of complaints about the Ryanair "admin charge" for using cards, and they went through all the different payment kinds (eg debit card versus CC), and the commission that Ryanair would actually be charged by the banks, and accused them of making an excessive 'markup' on those costs. -- Roland Perry
From: Roland Perry on 1 Dec 2009 03:31
In message <4b142a65.694881633(a)news.individual.net>, at 20:28:14 on Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Neil Williams <wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk> remarked: >Ryanair encourages all passengers to sign up to the widely available >MasterCard Prepaid so that they can continue to snap up unbeatable >fares such as the 250,000 €5 Christmas seats which are available on >over 500 routes until Thursday.”" Can you really obtain a prepay card in as little as 3 days? -- Roland Perry |