Ryanair Cash Passport

Flights; transfers; trains; ferries; routes; getting to and from the PO; lifts offered or wanted; motoring and biking matters.

Moderator: Moderators

Post Reply
User avatar
Eamon Avis
Rank 3
Rank 3
Posts: 57
Joined: Fri 27 Feb 2009 17:35
Contact:

Ryanair Cash Passport

Post by Eamon Avis »

As many of us know we are required to be vigilant to avoid Ryanair's booking fees. The latest hoop to jump through is that from 1 November 2011 you will need a Ryanair Cash Passport card to avoid the £6 each way booking fee.

You can apply for their new card on the Ryanair site but I am only going to use it for bookings retaining my Mastercard prepaid card for any other transactions.

The Cash Passport charges £2 for withdrawals from ATMs and £4 for cash over the counter. There is also a £2.50 inactivity fee if the card is not used for 6 months and a negative balance fee of £10.

http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/Ryanai ... es-Limits/

But spare a thought for Paddy who had £15 left on his Cash Passport just before the six months was due to expire and slipped a disc badly trying to get his case out of the Ryanair guage. As he is laid up in hospital his mate Michael, instead of buying him grapes, docks £2.50 from his card each month as an "inactivity fee". After 6 months his loyal customer Paddy's £15 has been reduced to zero if he does not book on "the world' favourite airline" before then.
admiral
Rank 2
Rank 2
Posts: 31
Joined: Sat 04 Apr 2009 12:19

Post by admiral »

Hi thanks for posting the info, does the Mastercard prepaid card now (or in the future attract the credit card charge) when booking RY flights
User avatar
opas
Rank 5
Rank 5
Posts: 1290
Joined: Thu 13 Jul 2006 09:31
Contact:

Post by opas »

And only available to Uk residents!
-----------------------------------------------
Debeneur.
property management, changeovers, garden maintenance, no job too small. Highchair, travelcot, pram hire.
User avatar
Santiago
Rank 5
Rank 5
Posts: 1290
Joined: Tue 27 Dec 2005 12:19
Contact:

Post by Santiago »

So Michael is even precluding his own countrymen?
Domaine Treloar - Vineyard and Winery - www.domainetreloar.com - 04 68 95 02 29
User avatar
Eamon Avis
Rank 3
Rank 3
Posts: 57
Joined: Fri 27 Feb 2009 17:35
Contact:

Post by Eamon Avis »

admiral wrote:Hi thanks for posting the info, does the Mastercard prepaid card now (or in the future attract the credit card charge) when booking RY flights
You can use the Mastercard prepaid card until 31 October 2011 without incurring a UK booking fee but from 1 November 2011 the only card which doesn't attract a £6 each way UK booking fee will be the Ryanair Cash Passport card.

It isn't clear to me whether this only applies to UK bookings.
User avatar
Eamon Avis
Rank 3
Rank 3
Posts: 57
Joined: Fri 27 Feb 2009 17:35
Contact:

Post by Eamon Avis »

According to simonvfr who posted on the Total France site today, the above only applies to UK bookings and bookings from France in Euros can still be made from 1 November 2011 using a Mastercard prepaid card.
admiral
Rank 2
Rank 2
Posts: 31
Joined: Sat 04 Apr 2009 12:19

Are Irish booking affected or just UK

Post by admiral »

Are Irish booking affected or just UK
User avatar
Eamon Avis
Rank 3
Rank 3
Posts: 57
Joined: Fri 27 Feb 2009 17:35
Contact:

Re: Are Irish booking affected or just UK

Post by Eamon Avis »

admiral wrote:Are Irish booking affected or just UK
All I can find from Ryanair is this news release which refers specifically to UK bookings, so you could infer from that the rest of Europe is unaffected. Also, the drop down menu to apply for the Cash Passport on the Ryanair site only has United Kingdom on it at the moment.

http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/ryanair- ... mastercard
User avatar
opas
Rank 5
Rank 5
Posts: 1290
Joined: Thu 13 Jul 2006 09:31
Contact:

Post by opas »

I am curious if anyone has used a non ryanair pre paid cashcard to book a flight recently, and just which charges they incured?
-----------------------------------------------
Debeneur.
property management, changeovers, garden maintenance, no job too small. Highchair, travelcot, pram hire.
tubs
Rank 4
Rank 4
Posts: 154
Joined: Sat 11 Sep 2010 10:02
Contact:

Ryanair

Post by tubs »

Today booked return to Dublin for next week. £6 per person per flight with non Ryanair card (much to oh's disgust!) Urgent visit so needs must.
Post Reply