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Visa Electron at Ryanair

tiagoryter
tiagoryter Posts: 3 Newbie
in Credit cards
Hi.
I'm new here. I just wanna make a single question.
10 minutes before i was trying to buy a plane ticket fromm santiago de compostela(spain, but i'm portuguese...;)) to Barcelona Reus at Ryanair but it was impossible. I really didnt understand the reason.

Someone here could give me a hypothetical reason or a way to solve the problem?
I acquired the card because each plane ticket with electron visa becomes 10€ more cheaper.

Cheers...
:beer:
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  • Innocent_Guy
    Innocent_Guy Posts: 5,369 Forumite
    tiagoryter wrote: »
    Hi.
    I'm new here. I just wanna make a single question.
    10 minutes before i was trying to buy a plane ticket fromm santiago de compostela(spain, but i'm portuguese...;)) to Barcelona Reus at Ryanair but it was impossible. I really didnt understand the reason.

    Someone here could give me a hypothetical reason or a way to solve the problem?
    I acquired the card because each plane ticket with electron visa becomes 10€ more cheaper.

    Cheers...
    :beer:

    Sorry tihs makes no sense.

    What seems to be the problem??

    What does the screen say? Is there any error messages?
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  • tiagoryter
    tiagoryter Posts: 3 Newbie
    no makes sense?
    i was trying to say that my visa electon doenst work when i try to buy a plane ticket at rynair. And now?
  • never-in-doubt
    never-in-doubt Posts: 20,613 Forumite
    tiagoryter wrote: »
    no makes sense?
    i was trying to say that my visa electon doenst work when i try to buy a plane ticket at rynair. And now?

    is it a UK bank issued one? could be the reason in that some companies only take orders from certain countries...... :confused:
    :o 2010 - year of the troll :o

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  • tiagoryter
    tiagoryter Posts: 3 Newbie
    never-in-doubt wrote: »
    is it a UK bank issued one? could be the reason in that some companies only take orders from certain countries...... :confused:

    Maybe...I dont know. Ty
  • Innocent_Guy
    Innocent_Guy Posts: 5,369 Forumite
    I think that you should call ryanair
    Bank Accounts - Barlcays Premier[/B] - £1000 o/d, HSBC - £200 o/d- First Direct - £500
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  • Innocent_Guy
    Innocent_Guy Posts: 5,369 Forumite
    Innocent_Guy wrote: »
    I think that you should call ryanair
    Or your bank
    Bank Accounts - Barlcays Premier[/B] - £1000 o/d, HSBC - £200 o/d- First Direct - £500
    Credit Cards - Barclaycard £2000 - Silver Card £1300 - Flybe £7500 - HSBC £1000 - First Direct £2500 First Direct Gold £3000
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  • never-in-doubt
    never-in-doubt Posts: 20,613 Forumite
    Mr 'i'll state the obvious' LOL
    :o 2010 - year of the troll :o

    Niddy - Over & Out :wave:
  • Innocent_Guy
    Innocent_Guy Posts: 5,369 Forumite
    never-in-doubt wrote: »
    Mr 'i'll state the obvious' LOL
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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    Credit Cards - Barclaycard £2000 - Silver Card £1300 - Flybe £7500 - HSBC £1000 - First Direct £2500 First Direct Gold £3000
    6 credit accounts closed in 2010!
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  • skin27
    skin27 Posts: 16 Forumite
    I think the problem is that ryanair seem to block Visa Electron cards at certain times, especially when very cheap flights are on offer. That way you pay the fat card fees and therefore more than the cheap advertised prices!!

    My Visa Electron card wasn't accepted and then as soon as I put it through as just "Visa" and the charges were added, it was accepted first time!!

    thanks ryanair.
  • Lets_Say_2
    Lets_Say_2 Posts: 133 Forumite
    That's a very interesting theory skin27. Anyone else had the same happen?

    I was going to suggest to the OP that if his card is non-UK issued, he may need to speak to his bank so they can allow it to be used -UK friends have had the same problem trying to use their Spanish issued debit cards on Ryanair - but a call to the Spanish bank sorted that.
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