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Easyjet credit card charges

Postby Campo Steve » Wed May 04, 2011 11:02 am

I see Easyjet are upping their credit card charges. I assume it is still one charge per booking though.

Glad I still have my Visa Electron card.

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby carrowcrin » Wed May 04, 2011 12:29 pm

Hi,

I hope you don't mind me jumping in on this topic as i am looking for advice on this topic.
I use both Easyjet and Ryanair equally and would be greatful for any advice and options with regard to avoid any charges possible.
At the moment i am using Visa.

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby Campo Steve » Wed May 04, 2011 1:38 pm

Visa Electron with Easy jet and Prepaid Mastercard with Ryanair to avoid credit card charges.
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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby carrowcrin » Wed May 04, 2011 2:33 pm

Thanks Steve, i was aware of what you say but i am wondering if the cost of having the two cards and the maintainance of the two accounts would outway the advantage, also is the Visa electron the same as the regular visa.

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby carrowcrin » Wed May 04, 2011 3:38 pm

me again, i am trying online and cannot see an easy way to apply for this card, can you please advise as to where you got your card from.

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby Sandramay » Wed May 04, 2011 4:28 pm

hi carrowcrin, I use a pre paid FairFX.com card for Ryanair flights. It can also be used in shops, atms etc. Very easy to use via the internet to charge it up and keep tabs on the account. Hope this helps :)
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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby Campo Steve » Wed May 04, 2011 5:04 pm

I have an account with Cajamar and visa electron is the standard card they issued me for use in shops and cash machines. Dont know what other banks here issue. Dont think it is the same as a standard visa card though.
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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby curatokid » Wed May 04, 2011 11:20 pm

How do I get a Pre Paid Mastercard ?? can I do it on line ?

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby carrowcrin » Thu May 05, 2011 7:39 am

Hi curatokid,

You seem to be on a similar mission to me, i took the advice of sandramay and went to FairFx.com and all the info seems to be there.
I have all my flights bought up until next feb and will leave it for a couple of months, i would be interested in finding out how it goes if you want to send me a private message.

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby annfoto » Thu May 05, 2011 3:14 pm

This is really quite funny
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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby Steve In Leicester » Sat May 07, 2011 12:01 am

I have a fairfx card and it works really well. There is a one off charge to buy the card, I think about £12.00 but I went via moneysaving expert or similar, (can't remember which site but you'll find it if you google it) and got one for free.

You can top it up online and their GBP/euro rates are very competitive

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby Campo Steve » Sat May 07, 2011 7:42 am

The Fairfx card seems quite popular. No good to me though as you need to be a UK resident to get one.

Are there similar pre-paid Mastercards cards available in Spain that don't require a bank account opening?
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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby casita-bonita » Sat May 07, 2011 10:49 am

Tried to get a faiFX card late last year to give us easy access to local currency on our winter around the world trip. They refused to send a card to our UK address since it has postal redirection to us here in Spain. Absolutely ridiculous given that unlike a credit card which don't seem to have a problem with postal redirection they are holding only my preloaded cash not advancing credit.

In the end I got an Escape card which was a little lower on the moneysavingexpert top ten ist. Also a pre paid master card so should avoid charges on some airlines.

Worked like a charm all around the world......
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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby carrowcrin » Sat May 07, 2011 8:26 pm

does anyone know if they look for the utility bills and proof of residency or can you apply online with UK address or is there the usual banking criteria.

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby Campo Steve » Sat May 07, 2011 8:47 pm

The ones I looked at all required utility bills as proof of address.
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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby mhic » Sun May 08, 2011 8:46 am

I think Solbank are offering a pre-paid credit card though I dont if the airlines are accepting it .

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby Sandramay » Sun May 08, 2011 11:51 am

I got my FairFX card free through Martin's Money Tips link and did not have to provide any utility bills only my on line bank details that I would be using to load the card. If I remember correctly it took about a week to arrive.
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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby curatokid » Sun May 08, 2011 4:06 pm

I have just looked at FairFX site and it clearly states that you must be a UK resident and that sometime in the future they will supply non UK residents, any ideas where a spanish resident can obtain a Pre Paid Mastercard now ?

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Re: Easyjet credit card charges

Postby casita-bonita » Sun May 08, 2011 8:01 pm

curatokid wrote:I have just looked at FairFX site and it clearly states that you must be a UK resident and that sometime in the future they will supply non UK residents, any ideas where a spanish resident can obtain a Pre Paid Mastercard now ?
The other option I considered to get a FairFX card was to get my daughter who is in the UK to get one and pass it on along with the username and password for account access and PIN. I would be topping up the card from my bank account so didn't see an issue. In fact I asked FairFX this exact question only phrased it as if I was wanting to send money from my bank account to my daughter's card while she was on holiday. They said that was fine.

I guess as long as you only plan to use the card in ATMs for cash or online then I wouldn't envisage any problems.
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