Payment of Ryan Air flights with Prepaid Mastercard

Now that Visa Electron is no longer accepted by Ryan Air without incurring charges, has anyone found a Prepaid Mastercard that doesnt have a monthly fee and doesnt charge for use in the UK? 

I have a CaxtonFX card which is great when in Spain as I was able to take money out of the ATM without paying any fees but when I booked some flights I was charged £1.50.  OK, so that isnt too bad but I really would prefer not to have to pay even that!

Any ideas?

Hi

I  guess the 1-50 was charged by Caxton for making a sterling transaction on a euro card, to get round this just pay for the flights in euros.

Escape card available from phones4u on line costs £9.99 to buy(online but £19.99 in store)  but no monthly fee or transaction charges.

You're right Team GB but how do I manage to pay by euros????  Have looked and looked at Ryan Air web site but cant work it out!

Hi -  You could try Ryanair's spanish site.  They are offering 1 million seats for 4€ today!

I also have just got myself the Escape card from phones 4 U   brill and easy peasy, bought it from the local shop costs £19.99 but that includes £10 prepaid on the card so only costs £9.99 per year then free transactions.  Card was activated by the shop and I used it last night for first time (same day I got it) worked a treat no probs!!  saved £30 last night in fees so its already paid for itself

I've just had a look at this because when I book with easyjet i'm sure I get the option to pay in euros at the last screen, or as Caire says you can always use the .es version of the site to pay in euros. Not so it appears with Ryanair, if you book an outbound flight from a british airport the price comes up in GDP and it seems you can't change it,this is also the case using .es still in GBP if the outbound is from the uk.

If you book the outbound from euroland you then pay in euros, not much help really for most brits unless you need a return ticket only.

S

I've seen the option to pay euros with Easy Jet but as you say cant find it with Ryan Air.........................

Do you have to pay to load up the Escape card?

Thanks to all for responses.

Caxton charge the £1.50 for a sterling transaction on their GBP card, they do not charge on transactions overseas, as they make their money on the fx conversion.  That said, card is free, so weigh it up, basically if you do less than 7 UK transactions, then it still beats the card charging £9.99 - I haven't found any cheaper, and have done some searching!

Ted

No good for me Ted I do far more transactions the 7 I try to make it my business that I get to Spain at least every month just to keep me going!!!!!!!  lol   This work lark does get in the bloody way though.........!!!

Hi All

My name is John and I am the Marketing Manager for Escape Prepaid Cards.

I hope that you'll be pleased to hear that at the beginning of March we are launching a new prepaid card specifically aimed at international owners and travellers. This card can be loaded with sterling, euros or dollars and there are no usage fees when abroad, cash withdrawal and card transactions are free when overseas.

There are many other benefit stoo of course.

I trust this is of interest to you, i'll try and post again to let you know we've launched.

Thanks

John

Thanks John that would be of interest, hopefully if you have already paid the annual fee you could just transfer it to the new card or is that asking too much????

Hi John, are these cards available in Ireland ?

Julie