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MSE News: Ryanair to charge for Visa Electron bookings

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  • malc77
    malc77 Posts: 14 Forumite
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    My Neteller+ card arrived today (not the virtual one)...does anyone know if this + card now works for Ryanair?
    The first four digits of my card are 5415. When I mailed Neteller, they said that a very few retailers didn't accept their card- but to contact Ryanair directly if it didn't work.
  • alared
    alared Posts: 4,029 Forumite
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    malc77 wrote: »
    My Neteller+ card arrived today (not the virtual one)...does anyone know if this + card now works for Ryanair?
    The first four digits of my card are 5415. When I mailed Neteller, they said that a very few retailers didn't accept their card- but to contact Ryanair directly if it didn't work.

    It would be easier contacting the dead than RA,try booking a dummy flight to see if it works.
  • j0annepsi
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    malc77 wrote: »
    When I mailed Neteller, they said that a very few retailers didn't accept their card- but to contact Ryanair directly if it didn't work.

    What a joke!
    They've been using it as an advertising tool all week, posting on their facebook and twitter account saying "Escape credit card fees with our Net+ card!" and now they won't stand by their statement?
  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,458 Forumite
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    I think retailers recognise cards by the first four digits of the card number.
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • lufcgirl
    lufcgirl Posts: 1,875 Forumite
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    I recieved my netteller prepaid mastercard yesterday, and it does get recognised as a prepaid mastercard and goes through fine! I'm pretty shocked as everyone kept saying it doesn't work!
  • j0annepsi
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    lufcgirl wrote: »
    I recieved my netteller prepaid mastercard yesterday, and it does get recognised as a prepaid mastercard and goes through fine! I'm pretty shocked as everyone kept saying it doesn't work!


    Hmm. I've just been using the virtual version, but I ordered the physical pre-paid card yesterday...so i will give them one last chance.

    Can you tell us what the first 4 digits of your card are?
  • malc77
    malc77 Posts: 14 Forumite
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    Excellent to hear that the Neteller +card is working OK.
  • lufcgirl
    lufcgirl Posts: 1,875 Forumite
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    Yep, the first four digits are 5415. I did a dummy booking, using an o2 money Visa card and got the error the card was invalid (obviously) and then used the Netteller and it said I had insufficient funds, which is true as I was just testing.

    So to me it seems fine!
  • j0annepsi
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    That's really annoying. My virtual card also begins with 5415, yet Ryanair consider it a credit card not a pre-paid, which cost me €10 in booking fees.

    Neteller are just ignoring me now so I don't know if i'll bother even trying the 'real' card when it arrives in the post...
  • lufcgirl
    lufcgirl Posts: 1,875 Forumite
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    I think you need to cut Neteller a bit of slack here. Most likely, the whole Ryanair thing has just been sprung on everyone, including the card companies. Now if I was running Neteller and I found out about the changes then I'd be advertising we offered the card. As far as Neteller are concerned, they offer a virtual prepaid Mastercard plus an actual one so they should work.

    It's Ryanair's system that is at fault, not Neteller. How can Neteller answer a query that is about a particular website not accepting their card, it's not their website. They're probably looking into as to why it's not working now, but I would have thought it's outside their hands.

    Just try out the real version of the card and see if it works.
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