Outrageous Debit card fees & baggage charges

ruthiebabebracken

I have just spent half the day paying to call Flybe (despite landline sourced on saynoto8070 it's still 10p minute) to check in baggage as unable to do it online (that was the other half of the day-eventually told it's due it being a co-shared flight. Funny that the website still allows you to book insurance etc though...) they eventually agreed to sell me baggage charges at oline prices and took £51.98 for 2 bags (both ways) then charged me £18 to use a debit card!!!! (Not a credit card) saying that only visa electron is free. My bank natwest don't issue those and I have never heard of this distinction between debit cards before.

I am furious and am warning others to BEWARE.

:mad:

richardw

Visa Electron card account http://www.halifax.co.uk/bankaccounts/other-bank-accounts/easycash/

MarkXy

ruthiebabebracken wrote: »

My bank natwest

There's your problem. Do you say "my supermarket Tesco"? One should use any appropriate product from any bank when necessary. Being loyal to a single bank is what the bank would like, but it isn't helpful to you. Get a Halifax Easycash account as someone else has suggested.

European laws are being introduced in two years time so that card surcharges must reflect the cost to the business.