escape card - warning

chrisjj_2

Other users might like to know that the otherwise excellent escape card, allowing fee-free avoidance of the Ryanair processing fee, has serious flaw. Top-ups can take EIGHT days to be credited to the card. Even by Faster Payments they can take FIVE days. In particular they get stalled at the weekend - two of mine recently made on Fridays were not available for spending until Monday.

This is despite the card issuers claim:

Please be advised that all Electronic/Bank transfer are credited to your Escape card eccount as soon as the cleared money is received from the sender's bank.

Anyone know a fee-free card that avoids this problem? Thanks.

Donnie

chrisjj wrote: »

Other users might like to know that the otherwise excellent escape card, allowing fee-free avoidance of the Ryanair processing fee, has serious flaw. Top-ups can take EIGHT days to be credited to the card. Even by Faster Payments they can take FIVE days. In particular they get stalled at the weekend - two of mine recently made on Fridays were not available for spending until Monday.

This is despite the card issuers claim:

Anyone know a fee-free card that avoids this problem? Thanks.

Goodness me...weren't you recommending them above the rather excellent FairFx Anywhere card on your other thread. A bit fickle aren't you?

Inactive

I was going to suggest a Caxton Card, but no doubt you will find something wrong with that as well.:)

sassy_one

Caxton Card - As Inactive says, you may not be so impressed with that either

chrisjj_2

sassy-one wrote: »

Caxton Card

Er, how so? Surely it is not a free-free card - like FairFX, it charges 1.5% commission on Ryanair purchases.

luci

I believe the Caxton Global Traveller card charges a flat fee of £1.50 per transaction on Ryanair.

chrisjj_2

luci wrote: »

I believe the Caxton Global Traveller card charges a flat fee of £1.50 per transaction on Ryanair.

Thanks for the correction, Luci.

chrisjj_2

Donnie wrote: »

Goodness me...weren't you recommending them above the rather excellent FairFx Anywhere card on your other thread.

You are mistaken, Donnie.

Inactive

luci wrote: »

I believe the Caxton Global Traveller card charges a flat fee of £1.50 per transaction on Ryanair.

Correct....;)

They do, and they do take almost instant top ups.

melb

I just took cash into the Phones4U shops to load my escape card but obviously not an option for everyone

Donnie

chrisjj wrote: »

You are mistaken, Donnie.

I've linked to your post, here and to my reply.

Seem that with all these ridiculous posts you are making, you forget what you write.