Where can I get VISA ELECTRON CArd???

alirob12

Hi, Can some one let me know where i can get the visa electron card??? I am fed up with Ryan air charging loads for card transactions when paying for tickets... I have jsut booked a flight and the card fee was half of the ticket price :mad: , which wasnt that much, but it was free with visa electron
many thanks

cifpower

Halifax Easycash

http://www.halifax.co.uk/bankaccounts/easycash.asp

weegie.geek

The co-op also do a basic account with one.

cifpower

weegie.geek wrote: »

The co-op also do a basic account with one.

They turned me down when I applied for their basic account. God knows why.

Richard019

cifpower wrote: »

They turned me down when I applied for their basic account. God knows why.

Is there a banking equivalent to being "overqualified for the job"?

cifpower

Richard019 wrote: »

Is there a banking equivalent to being "overqualified for the job"?

How do you mean?

Richard019

cifpower wrote: »

How do you mean?

I'm under the impression the "basic" accounts are mainly for people with a poor credit history to help show they can run an account properly before they're given a "better" account.

On that basis if you had a credit record that was "too good" they would want you to have one of their other accounts so that they could make more money out of you. I would expect them to make more out of people with a normal account than they would from the same person with a "basic" account.

cifpower

Richard019 wrote: »

I'm under the impression the "basic" accounts are mainly for people with a poor credit history to help show they can run an account properly before they're given a "better" account.

On that basis if you had a credit record that was "too good" they would want you to have one of their other accounts so that they could make more money out of you. I would expect them to make more out of people with a normal account than they would from the same person with a "basic" account.

I think there is probably some truth in that.

dmg24

Richard019 wrote: »

Is there a banking equivalent to being "overqualified for the job"?

Not for the Halifax Easycash account. Very easy to apply, and they do not try to push you into having a better account.

cifpower

Well I already have a "full" Halifax account and have just applied for their Easycash account too so when I book flights I am not stung with the higher charges.