Card charges when booking flights

leegrover

Is there any way of avoiding credit or debit card charges when booking flights?

I just booked a return flight with Thomson and they don't accept cheques so they have you over a barrel every time at 2-2.5%. Can they accept cheques? Are there other ways to bypass this?

L

_Andy_

leegrover wrote: »

I just booked a return flight with Thomson and they don't accept cheques so they have you over a barrel every time at 2-2.5%. Can they accept cheques?

L

You've already answered your own question.

Paul_Herring

Pay a small deposit by credit card (for Section 75 cover,) pay the balance by debit card.

Ebe_Scrooge

I'm not sure about Thompson, but I've used Ryanair and Flybe and used an Electron card in the past, there's no fee for this. It's basically a sort of debit card, so you don't get the protection that you do with a CC, but it avoids the fee ( you do need to have the money in the account, just like a Debit card ). See if your bank will let you open an Electron account. My account is always empty, and I just transfer the amount I need in to it from the main account whenever I want to book a flight.