On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:45:13 -0000, "tim...."
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"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:29:54 -0000, "Road_Hog"
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Ryanair got around including the debit/credit card by
offering at least one payment that there wasn't a charge, hence the
Electron
option. If you want the card to use with Ryanair, you're too late, too
many
people applied for them to use with Ryanair, so the lovely Mr.O'Dreary has
this year changed it to a prepaid/top up Mastercard.


Mostly correct, except that he didn't change it because too many
people applied for them, but rather because they are being phased out.

Oh you are gullible, aren't you!

Why do you (wrongly) suggest that?

It is simple fact that Electron cards are being phased out.

So Ryanair would not have been *able* to continue that method of
avoiding showing the charge in the headline price for long.
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Alex Heney, Global Villager
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"tim...." wrote in message
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"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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"David Woolley" wrote in message
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Alex Heney wrote:

The prepaid mastercards are actually much easier to obtain than
electron cards.

However, they are very expensive to operate, even before taking into
account lost interest. Using them to buy airline tickets is likely to
be more expensive than paying the credit card "surcharge".

Not to mention the fact that you don't get any protection if the airline
or other organisation goes bust.

for a fare of 99 pounds you wouldn't get this however you paid

Really ?

If you had paid for the flight and the airline went "bust" before you were
able to travel, you would get no refund ?

How and why ?

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On Jan 16, 3:50*pm, Alasdair wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to get an Electron card? *

Having seen how you treated Corrine O'Hagan, I'd prefer to tell you
how to get stuffed.

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"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:45:13 -0000, "tim...."
wrote:


"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:29:54 -0000, "Road_Hog"
wrote:

Ryanair got around including the debit/credit card by
offering at least one payment that there wasn't a charge, hence the
Electron
option. If you want the card to use with Ryanair, you're too late, too
many
people applied for them to use with Ryanair, so the lovely Mr.O'Dreary
has
this year changed it to a prepaid/top up Mastercard.


Mostly correct, except that he didn't change it because too many
people applied for them, but rather because they are being phased out.

Oh you are gullible, aren't you!

Why do you (wrongly) suggest that?

And how are you going to prove that I am wrong? I don't believe that you
have a spy on Ryanair's board


It is simple fact that Electron cards are being phased out.

Perhaps it is, but that has not yet been achieved and other airlines still
nominate them as their only
"free" card.

So Ryanair would not have been *able* to continue that method of
avoiding showing the charge in the headline price for long.

Maybe they wouldn't, but you should never believe anything that Molly Malone
tells you wrt money.

tim

"Fergus O'Rourke" wrote in message
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"tim...." wrote in message
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"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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"David Woolley" wrote in message
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Alex Heney wrote:

The prepaid mastercards are actually much easier to obtain than
electron cards.

However, they are very expensive to operate, even before taking into
account lost interest. Using them to buy airline tickets is likely to
be more expensive than paying the credit card "surcharge".

Not to mention the fact that you don't get any protection if the airline
or other organisation goes bust.

for a fare of 99 pounds you wouldn't get this however you paid

Really ?

If you had paid for the flight and the airline went "bust" before you were
able to travel, you would get no refund ?

Not from the credit card on the basis of your Section 75 protection. So
credit card payments will be equal with every other payment method


How and why ?

because the purchase is for an item of less than 100 pounds

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:25:48 -0000, "tim...."
wrote:


"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:45:13 -0000, "tim...."
wrote:


"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:29:54 -0000, "Road_Hog"
wrote:

Ryanair got around including the debit/credit card by
offering at least one payment that there wasn't a charge, hence the
Electron
option. If you want the card to use with Ryanair, you're too late, too
many
people applied for them to use with Ryanair, so the lovely Mr.O'Dreary
has
this year changed it to a prepaid/top up Mastercard.


Mostly correct, except that he didn't change it because too many
people applied for them, but rather because they are being phased out.

Oh you are gullible, aren't you!

Why do you (wrongly) suggest that?

And how are you going to prove that I am wrong? I don't believe that you
have a spy on Ryanair's board

Of course I don't.

Why on earth would that have any bearing on your wrongness? What I
was claiming was your wrong suggestion was that I am gullible.




It is simple fact that Electron cards are being phased out.

Perhaps it is, but that has not yet been achieved and other airlines still
nominate them as their only
"free" card.

They will also soon change, because they will have to.

Any who are still hanging on to Electron as the only "free" payment
method are probably doing so because it is still less widely used.


So Ryanair would not have been *able* to continue that method of
avoiding showing the charge in the headline price for long.

Maybe they wouldn't, but you should never believe anything that Molly Malone
tells you wrt money.


Who is "Molly Malone", and what has she been telling anybody (she
hasn't told me anything at all, so I can't either believe or
disbelieve)
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
George Orwell was an optimist.
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

"Jonathan Bryce" wrote

What he means is that you can't use the manual machines to take a carbon
copy impression of the card, however I haven't seen one of those for about
12 years now.

We still have on in our shop, as a back-up in case the electronic terminal
fails, or for use on the odd occasion when we trade away from our retail
premises.

Probably December 2008 when it was last used.

John.

David Woolley wrote:
Alex Heney wrote:

The prepaid mastercards are actually much easier to obtain than
electron cards.

However, they are very expensive to operate, even before taking into
account lost interest. Using them to buy airline tickets is likely to
be more expensive than paying the credit card "surcharge".

Not necessarily - but they often are.

At the moment, Fairfx are offering their 'Anywhere' card (Ryanair
compatible) for free:

http://www.fairfx.com/cardselection

This has a 1.5% charge.

However, pray that you dont have problems - their Helpline is 80p per
minute!

Flop