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Ryanair £2.50 Flights & No Card Fee

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Ryanair currently have £2.50 flights no taxes on in Fri 22nd May 09 - Mon 13th Jul 09 booking until 10th May:

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/

If you sign up to Entropay then this gives you an instant virtual visa card which you can top up immediately (minimum £10) online. Ryanairs website recognises this card as Visa Electron which means no card admin fee so you really can get flights for £5 return!:

http://www.entropay.com/

Use this website to find the cheapest day to travel. The flight offer only started this morning so Skyscanner prices are not yet 100% up to date but it gives you a rough idea of when the cheapest flight is so you can then go to the Ryanair website:

http://www.skyscanner.net/month

I have used this method to book a flight and it works
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  • MINI_2
    MINI_2 Posts: 134 Forumite
    Entropay costs money!

    Load an EntroPay Card from a personal credit or debit card4.95%fee
  • kirko
    kirko Posts: 32 Forumite
    if you top up by £10 that will be around 50p, alot cheaper than £10 on ryanair!
  • claire21
    claire21 Posts: 32,747 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    MINI wrote: »
    Entropay costs money!

    Load an EntroPay Card from a personal credit or debit card4.95%fee



    If you load £10 it is going to cost you 50P ? Is that right ?

    This will get you your flight for £5 return.

    If you use another card Ryanair charge you £5 each way ?



    Edit - already posted, I took to long searching lol.
  • kirko
    kirko Posts: 32 Forumite
    claire21 wrote: »
    If you load £10 it is going to cost you 50P ? Is that right ?

    This will get you your flight for £5 return.

    If you use another card Ryanair charge you £5 each way ?



    Edit - already posted, I took to long searching lol.

    Yes as far as im aware its 4.95% fee to top up the entropay, and this then allows you to book flights using a visa electron, meaning you save the £10 booking fee on ryanair.
  • CJ6587
    CJ6587 Posts: 31 Forumite
    So if you top up enough to pay for the flight, then you'll be charged 4.95% on the total cost of the flight? For me, that works out at about £8 for 2 people return. Still better than paying £20 RyanAir is currently charging on my card.
  • Spikey_2
    Spikey_2 Posts: 14,119 Forumite
    Is this offer still on?
    And how can you get a visa electron card from?
    Use your judgement, and above all, be honest with yourself. :)
    I walk with the world & the world walks with me!
    I don't make bad choices!!! Other people just fail to see my GENIUS !!!! :D
  • JSF
    JSF Posts: 188 Forumite
    The post office do a sterling travel money card thats a visa electron.

    Commission is 1.5%, min fee of £3. Best to load it with £200 at this commission rate. Can be used for other purchases but it will save on Ryanair card charges.

    err ..... that is while Ryanair allow visa electron as a 'free' payment method, the way I see it is that they could change, introduce or withdraw things as they feel.
    :j
  • Halifax do a Visa Electron card that's free to use! I think it's called easy cash or something like that. It's the most basic bank account they have.
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • blackaqua
    blackaqua Posts: 192 Forumite
    Yep same here have that halifax account just for booking things like this
  • I have just done this and it wont accept the payment. It is card details invalid. I am very !!!!!! off.
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