Comments on: Best Mastercard prepaid debit card to avoid Ryanair admin fees

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:00:32 +0000

Mary – Yes it is worth getting a Mastercard prepaid debit card but it is pain compared to the previous fee free Visa Electron option as I’m never know how much to load onto the Mastercard. If I load too little, I can’t book my flights, too much and I’ll have to pay the 1.5% to spend my own money.

BTW noticed today that Ryanair online check-in fee now appears to have increased to £6 per person per flight (formerly £5, a 20% increase).

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:47:18 +0000

Hi Karen, thanks very much for doing all the hard work on finding out all of the pros and cons of the cards, this was extremely useful.

Similarly I use Ryanair quite frequently, due to its low prices, ok it is annoying with all of the additional charges, but hey, the rest of the airlines are doing it too! Ryanair tell you what you get, and as long as you don’t expect anymore, then you won’t be disappointed.

However, I am looking forward, to not having to give them more money than necessary, so will be progressing with one of the prepaid cards.

Thanks again

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Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:04:21 +0000

[...] Welcome! Click here and subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!With Nationwide starting to charge UK debit card holders for overseas transactions and cash machine withdrawals from 1 November 2010, Europe a la Carte advises on the best cards for use abroad. With one card you could also save on the Ryanair£5/flight admin fee. [...]

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:25:37 +0000

Chris – sorry I can’t help. I had an experience similar to you but the other way around. I wanted to buy a Spanish Orange PAYG USB modem when in Spain recently. But was told I could only pay for online daily tops if I had a Spanish bank card.

By: chris swinburn

chris swinburn — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:00:55 +0000

I am a UK citizen with spanish residence and although I do have active UK bank accounts Fx cards will not let me have a card as I do not have a UK address.
Does anyone know how I can get a prepaid debit card here in Spain as I am a frequent flyer with Ryanair.
i.e. is there a spanish equivalent to the FXcard?

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:35:03 +0000

Trung – Glad to hear that this post has helped you save money by avoiding this £5 per person per flight Ryanair admin fee.

By: Trung

Trung — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:51:36 +0000

Thanks for sharing this Karen, I’ve just ordered my FairFX card. Should save me 37GBP – winner!

By: S2ao

S2ao — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:51:05 +0000

Just stop flying with Ryan Air, that’ll get them to reconsider and change their really annoying policies!

I use a FairFX card (for a different reason) and it’s really good.

By: Arwa

Arwa — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:27:53 +0000

Quite an interesting post Karen! I personally like Ryanair for budget travels so the mastercard offer definitely sounds worth a look. Thanks for sharing this!!

By: ricardo

ricardo — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:19:24 +0000

has anyone used the fairfx anywhere mastercard to pay for ryanair flights? I am thinking of getting one