VISA Electron

 I have just found out that Santander will not be reissuing my visa electron card. They are stopping them. Does anyone know who else issues them as I wish to avoid paying Easyjets fee for paying with a card. Any suggestions welcome. I have a prepaid visa which I use with Ryanair. However, this will not work with Easyjet. Thanks Kevin

My Spanish Halifax/Lloyds debit card is an Electron.

Kevin - further to my last, the only "free" card with Ryanair is a prepaid MasterCard, not Visa. Escape is a good one.

try this one i use it all the time

mycashplus

We have a electron card with Barclays in Spain.

Pat

I have a Visa Electron with Cajamar.

Kathy

 Guy T, Yes, you are right. I have a prepaid mastercard. I'll have to try if CAM Bank do an ELectron card next week when I'm in Spain. Otherwise I will try ones you've suggested. Thanks 

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Kev2006n   CAM Bank do  Visa Electron however the last time we used it to book flights we were charged a fee by Ryanair,  previously we were able to use it without charges but they seem to have changed their conditions over the past year.  Not sure whether this applies to the other airlines, perhaps someone else could comment on that please.

 Toddie, With Ryanair you know need a prepaid mastercard. We have one with a company called neteller.com. It works perfectly. Kevin

If you are in the UK, you can open a Halifax Easycash account  for your Visa Electron.  I only use mine for Easyjet flights.  For Ryanair, I have my Escape Prepaid Cash Card.  I have a teenage daughter lives with her mum in Spain and have a companion card with Escape which she keeps.  Brilliant for getting money to her quickly without involving my ex.

Thanks for info, are any of these cards available if resident in Spain or would you need a UK bank account ?

Hi I have just been checking a couple of websites. FairFX isn't currently available outside the UK, however their website said it plans to offer cards to international customers "soon" (whatever that may mean!)

Sue

Kevin, If you have a UK address that you can use to register, I would suggest  Fair FX. I just recently got a card, and everything is so easy.

Once I have found a suitable Ryanair flight, I load up my Fair FX card with that amount plus say £5 for FairFX fees. Then I go back to Ryanair and fill in all their required details, by the time I come to pay, my fairFX balance has been updated and I can go ahead and use it

I just bought 2 sets of 2 return tickets. FairFX charged me £5 commission, but I saved £40 on Ryanair fees so I'm £35 up....

Expensive at £5 per transaction.  Escape card is £9.99 to join and then no fees for purchases. 

You can get them at Phones4U and you can top up there.  You can also buy online but the you'd need a UK address for them to mail the card to you - http://www.ezpayltd.co.uk/escape/ 

I quite often book Ryanair as two singles.  That way they give you the price of the Spain - UK leg in euros which, with their exchange rates, converts back into sterling for less than the price if you book it UK - Spain - UK return.  Sometimes the saving is £5 or more.

Jek, it isn't £5 per transaction, it's a percentage, one transaction was £2 and one was £3, the difference is because the two sets of fares were different prices. I think I'd rather pay Fair Fx £2 or £3 than Ryanair £20, so I really don't consider that expensive

Better pay Escape card nothing though surely?

Hi Toddie,

Solbank Banco Sabadell do a prepaid Mastercard for use with Ryanair don't know if it will work with easyjet.  We used to have an Electron from Barclays UK that worked for both but not for Ryanair anymore don't know if it still works for easyjet. No additional cost when used.