One way to bypass fees on Easyjet

[Department71]

Saw below in Mail on Sunday 27th Feb2011. May be of interest to folks who have a CB card linked to their French bank account.

Steve

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Those with a French bank account who have a Carte Bleue - a

debit card that allows transactions without authorization from the bank

- can also buy easyJet tickets without the surcharge.

Property developer Tony McGorrigan, 57, from Bristol, owns a

property in Corsica and has a Carte Bleue with his French bank account.

He flies to Nice about five times a year to get a connection to

Corsica. 'EasyJet is usually the cheapest airline but its high card

charges really annoy me,' he says. 'I recently bought a single ticket

from Nice to Bristol for 79 euros [£67] and easyJet was about to levy a

12.50 euros charge.

'I used my Carte Bleue and was able to avoid the fee, but I

know other consumers in the UK cannot get around it. I think the

regulators should crack down on companies profiteering in this way.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1361006/Take-sting-credit-card-charges.html#ixzz1FII9cG7n

[Pierre ZFP]

I wonder if that would work with Ryanscare too?

[andyh4]

No

they treat them as either Visa or Mastercard - that'l be a lot of extra Euros, thank you very much

 

except that with RA you have to swap

thank you very much

with

 

Kerchiiiiiing

[Pierre ZFP]

So with RA you avoid the extra charge if you use a pre-paid  Mastercard.   Is that any pre-paid Mastercard or just specific ones?

I ask because I'm about to book several tickets and if I can save a few bob then so much the better.

[Stan Streason]

Any I think.  Mine was bought over the counter at a phones4you shop.

[Gardengirl]

Ours is a Caxton pre-paid euro card. No fee to join, but you have to put about €10 on it to start off. I always have a little smile when booking our regular Ryanair flights, as there's no fee to pay. [:)]

[mint]

I always use my carte bleue.  My bank is the banque postal and I have never had to pay charges.

[NickP]

[quote user="sweet 17"]I always use my carte bleue.  My bank is the banque postal and I have never had to pay charges.[/quote]

  Sorry sweet but I'm a little confused, do you mean you don't pay charges to on line sellers or that  you don't pay charges for your carte bleue? I thought that for a carte bleue you had to pay a yearly fee?

[mint]

Apologies, Nick, it's just like me not to look into all the nitty-gritty.  Yes, I dare say we pay something for the carte bleue so we only have the one card.

But, you know what, it's never a problem whichever of us uses the card?  Nobody has ever said to me, but you aren't a man and this card has a masculine name?

[NickP]

No apologies necessary Sweet, it's just that we have our French account with the bangue postal; who we think are wonderful, and for a moment I thought we may be missing a trick. [:D]

[Lou]

The difference with Easyjet is that they give you the option to select "Carte Bleue" as a type of card, thus avoiding the charges. Ryanair don't distinguish between debit Mastercard and credit Mastercard.

Booked Toulouse to Paris with Easyjet last year and most chuffed that this avoided the card fees.

Just recently booked a return to the UK with bmibaby who also charge a credit card fee so it's not just Ryanair making money hand over fist.....

Lou

[andyh4]

and to be totally fair even airlines like Lufthansa charge for use of credit card (5€).  Air France (so far) does not, but probably assumes that a card is always debit.

[ericd]

[quote user="sweet 17"] ....But, you know what, it's never a problem whichever of us uses the card?  Nobody has ever said to me, but you aren't a man and this card has a masculine name?[/quote] Same here, our Mastercard on CA is in my wife's name but I use it freely wherever I travel even on my own. If the 4 digit code is accepted, they don't give 3 hoots about it.

[Sprogster]

Ryanair charge the highest credit/debit card fees.

Easyjet's are considerably lower,which is worth bearing in mind when comparing fares,especially where a family is concerned.

[DavyH]

[quote user="Sprogster"]Ryanair charge the highest credit/debit card fees.

Easyjet's are considerably lower,which is worth bearing in mind when comparing fares,especially where a family is concerned.[/quote]

So can you explain why Easyjet charge £5.50 but Ryanair charge £5.00 for credit cards fees as far as I can see?

[Sprogster]

Ryanair I believe charge per passenger and per sector, whereas Easyjet have just the one fee.