How to avoid paying the recently tripled Ryanair debit card handling charge
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I did a double take today when I was writing about the current Ryanir ВЈ2 flights to Ireland promotion, I was checking in the price and availability of these flights when I noticed that Ryanair are now charging a ВЈ4 handling charge per flight for both credit and debit cards. I thought that it sounded pretty steep, especially the debit card fee, as I was sure it was usually significantly lower than the debit card charge. I referred back to a post I’d written on June 7 2008 about Ryanair’s free flights and sure enough on that date the debit card fee was ВЈ1.20 and the credit card fee ВЈ3.20. That’s a whopping increase of ВЈ2.80. or more than tripling, per flight if you pay by debit card.
There is a way around this as currently you pay no Ryanair card handling charges if you pay by Visa Electron card. I decided that I should open an bank account which offers a Visa Electron card. I discovered that the Halifax offer an Easy Cash account with a Visa Electron, so I’ve applied. However be aware that this no handling charge for VIsa Electron is supposedly for a limited time only.
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