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From: Buddenbrooks on 30 Nov 2009 14:50 Rion Air are dropping Electron in favour of Pre Paid MasterCard. A much more expensive card to have and to hold.
From: Neil Williams on 30 Nov 2009 15:19 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. What I heard was that the banks were dropping Electron, slowly but surely. 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. Indeed, the fewer people that can use one, the better. 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. And as ever, give or take about 5 minutes' delay (that would otherwise have been spent waiting for the bus) and the tight legroom, it was entirely satisfactory. [1] Hint - if you're in a group of 3 or more and aren't in a hurry, don't bother with the "Ryanair bus", get the local bus to Memmingen and get a Bayern-Ticket (EUR 28) on the bus, which you can then use for unlimited local rail travel throughout Bavaria off-peak or all day at weekends, plus local transport in Muenchen itself, for all of you up to I think a group of 5. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Roland Perry on 30 Nov 2009 15:18 In message <rmVQm.3$gT3.2(a)newsfe15.ams2>, at 19:50:49 on Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Buddenbrooks <knightstemplar(a)budweiser.com> remarked: >Rion Air are dropping Electron in favour of Pre Paid MasterCard. They've been taking a beating over Electron (on R4 consumer show on Saturday, for example). People should be careful what they wish for. >A much more expensive card to have and to hold. That's like a Tuxedo Card, I suppose? Any particular brands, or all of them? -- Roland Perry
From: Neil Williams on 30 Nov 2009 15:28 On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:19:29 GMT, wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote: >That wasn't quite what I heard. Though I heard it wrongly. http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/gen-en-301109 It is true that it's a lot easier to get one, though also true that the charges might make it not worth bothering. "MasterCard Prepaid now FREE payment method Ryanair, the world�s favourite airline, today (30th Nov 09) announced that it will accept the MasterCard Prepaid card as its free form of payment from 1st December and its Visa Electron promotion will end one month later on 31st December. From 1st January the Visa Electron payment card will attract a �5 administration charge while MasterCard Prepaid will become the sole free from of payment on www.ryanair.com. The MasterCard Prepaid card is much more widely available than Visa Electron and can be picked up from financial institutions/ card issuers throughout Europe (including Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands and Portugal) and online. Ryanair will accept both MasterCard Prepaid and Visa Electron as free forms of payment for all bookings during the month of December. EU Availability Country Electron MasterCard Ppd Austria Y Y Belgium NO Y Croatia Y Y Czech Rep Y Y Denmark Y Y Finland Y Y France Y Y Germany Y Y Hungary Y Y Ireland NO Y EU Availability Country Electron MasterCard Ppd Italy Y Y Malta Y Y Netherlands NO Y Norway Y Y Poland Y Y Portugal NO Y Romania Y Y Spain Y Y Sweden Y Y UK Y Y MasterCard Prepaid cards will not only provide savings on Ryanair flights but can also be used to withdraw money from ATMs and make retail purchases in shops and online. To celebrate its new free payment method Ryanair will, from midnight (24:00hrs) tonight, release 250,000 Christmas seats for just �5 each for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in late December which must be booked on www.ryanair.com before midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday (3rd Dec). Ryanair�s Stephen McNamara said: �We are pleased to announce our new partnership with MasterCard which will enable consumers to save even more when travelling on Ryanair�s unbeatable low fares. MasterCard Prepaid Cards are widely available across Europe from financial institutions and online. �Passengers can use their MasterCard Prepaid Cards to pay for Ryanair flights from 1st December, while our Visa Electron promotion comes to an end on 31st December. Bookings made with Visa Electron from 1st January will be subject to a �5 administration charge. 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.�" Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Buddenbrooks on 30 Nov 2009 16:00
"Roland Perry" <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote in message news:rLYqbbPfiCFLFArE(a)perry.co.uk... > > 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. |