0'leary on the news saying Visa Electron is free not true

...................try again ! - I've just gone through the motions of booking a flight with this type of card and I would not have to pay any fee for using it. JK

I was definitely charged a fee of £1.50 for booking a one person flight using my Visa Electron Debit card. It did not show up via the booking/paying process but it was there on my statement

The reason for your charge would be a bank charge!
This is charged by your bank because you made a "foreign transaction"

I am guessing you booked a flight originating outwith the UK and not a return from UK to non-UK! (or indeed, UK - UK)

Am I correct?

It's not working like that, unless in Poland. I was booking flight back from Sweden to Poland, from Germany to Spain, inside Spain.... Bank account is in Polish Z³oty and there was no fee at all.
Anyway, I'm also thinking that your £1.50 fee should be caused by your bank. Probable ask staff or customer service what the story is?

allybaba wrote:The reason for your charge would be a bank charge!
This is charged by your bank because you made a "foreign transaction"

I am guessing you booked a flight originating outwith the UK and not a return from UK to non-UK! (or indeed, UK - UK)

Am I correct?

Last column is the balance; the £1.50 is a Ryanair charge - not a bank charge on my ELECTRON card

28 Jan 2009	Debit Card Service Charge	1.50		40.70
	25 Jan 75.08 EUR @ 1.029			42.20
	Ryanair Int 000000 Dublin IE	72.96		42.20

to any doubting Thomas that this was not a Ryanair charge then when I cancelled the flight when RA changed the departure time this showed up on my statement:

07 Feb 2009	Debit Card Service Charge Refund		1.50	106.47
	Dublin IE			104.97

so it's indesputable that Ryanair charged me a £1.50 fee on a a Visa Electron card and that it was not a bank charge.

hm... strange, I'm curious why does it happend?

Was this flight originating outside of the UK? This has happened to me before - when you book a flight in Euros and your bank account is in Pounds Sterling, Ryanair take some kind of service charge.

jqjjq wrote:Was this flight originating outside of the UK? This has happened to me before - when you book a flight in Euros and your bank account is in Pounds Sterling, Ryanair take some kind of service charge.

So why don't they fecking say so on the payment details. They know it's an Electron card and my account details as there is no other card charge added to my payment. Extract below from my itinery:

PAYMENT DETAILS
*********0.00 EUR Total Fare
********45.08 EUR Taxes, Fees & Charges
********20.00 EUR Passenger Fee: BAG
********10.00 EUR Passenger Fee: Airport Check in
********75.08 EUR Total Paid

And on the rate of exchange when they took the money they loaded the exchange rate in their favour

2009-01-22	January 22, Thursday	1.05921 EUR
2009-01-23	January 23, Friday	1.0653 EUR
2009-01-26	January 26, Monday	1.0644 EUR
2009-01-27	January 27, Tuesday	1.06929 EUR
2009-01-28	January 28, Wednesday	1.07846 EUR

It's nothing short of robbery

my electron cards wont work at this time ..it did last week i booked flights.. i think ryanair have froze this facility.. so we pay using other credit cards thus spending more... maybe its just a system fault but ive been trying for days no joy.

Having used the Electron card for all bookings - the £1.50 is a Bank Charge when paying in anything other than UK £

Still not a charge that is fair

i have just used my visa electron card for the first time and had no problms and no charge are you sure you are picking the "visa electron" not the visa card when booking

No extra charges over here

I have NEVER managed to get my visa electron card to work on the Ryanair website. It works fine everywhere else inc other airline websites etc and there's always money in the a/c. It's a carte bleu from LaBanque Postale and I've tried to pay for flights UK - Europe and Europe-UK and tried the English, Irish and French websites. What am I doing wrong?

I have just booked a return flight and a one way flight using my visa electron card for both transactions, and as per usual Ryanair didn't charge me. My electron card is with Halifax and they publish the fact that there is a charge if used for non sterling transactions.

Isn't it the case that Visa charge you 4.95% whenever you load money onto a Electron card?

This article says no banks in Ireland offer an Electron card and the only option is an entropay virtual card.

http://bargainsireland.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/avoid-the-credit-card-charge-when-booking-with-ryanair/

For the last time... paying with VISA ELECTRON IS FREE !!!
Your bank / card provider is the one that MAY charge you some kind of tax...
If you say that Visa charges you xx€ to load money to your card, then you must not forget that your computer is running on electrical power, you had to buy the computer, when you print your ticket you use your own paper and ink... you have to pay all of this.

The card is FREE to use.

Bank charges £1.50 per € use not £ use.

Never been charged to put money on it

Halifax Electron Card

Go and book more £1 flights - Ryanair needs your money - lol