Ryanair Cash Passport - booking fee ?

macalloa

Does anybody have a Ryanair Cash Passport prepaid card ?

We are planning a one way flight with them, along with another couple, and would like to know if ONE card with sufficient funds could be used to pay for ALL four, thereby removing the £6/6 Euro per head booking fee - saving £24 in total.

Or does each person travelling require a card each, or will one card cover a husband and wife (same surname) travelling together ?

leicsmarkyr

I assume you are booking (or happy to) all the flights at the time in the same booking, then if so yes you can use one card and save fees that would be charged with a credit/debit card.

I recently booked four flights (four different names) on the same booking and used my card and hence no fee charged apart from the extras I requested

macalloa

Thank you, very much - that answers that question, after half the afternoon spent trawling around the internet !!!

Any other issues I should be aware of ?

I understand the 6th month inactivity fee of £2.50, and the £10 penalty if the card goes into a negative balance.

On another similar thread I read that a zero balance (difficult to engineer so precisely) does not incur the inactivity fee.

I have my doubts on that though !!!

leicsmarkyr

You might be charged a fee on the credit card of 50p for the transaction so make sure you have that on there too just in case.

I assume you are departing from a UK airport so therefore should be no foreign fee charge.

Regarding the six months thing, there is nothing stopping you doing it for a small transaction, e.g. buy a newspaper with it. I am led to believe that you can top your card up with less than £150 by doing the BACS transfer aswell so you can pop £1 on every six months and spend that so not inactive. I am yet to try though

macalloa

leicsmarkyr wrote: »

You might be charged a fee on the credit card of 50p for the transaction so make sure you have that on there too just in case.

I assume you are departing from a UK airport so therefore should be no foreign fee charge.

Regarding the six months thing, there is nothing stopping you doing it for a small transaction, e.g. buy a newspaper with it. I am led to believe that you can top your card up with less than £150 by doing the BACS transfer aswell so you can pop £1 on every six months and spend that so not inactive. I am yet to try though

We are flying back from Mallorca to Glasgow - didn't spot the foreign currency fee - is it a nasty one ?

Negotiating Ryanair's online booking process is a minefield, trying to avoid fees.

Yes, I did see somebody mention the minimal funds transfer by BACS - I use the new(ish) faster payment method.

macalloa

Hey - congratulations on your 100 thanks credited.

leicsmarkyr

macalloa wrote: »

We are flying back from Mallorca to Glasgow - didn't spot the foreign currency fee - is it a nasty one ?

Negotiating Ryanair's online booking process is a minefield, trying to avoid fees.

Yes, I did see somebody mention the minimal funds transfer by BACS - I use the new(ish) faster payment method.

It's 2.5% so pretty standard amount and cheaper than most banks. This is charged by the credit card and not Ryanair as such. Shouldn't be more than a few pounds assuming the flights are cheap.

BACS/Faster payment is this instance is the same for minimal funds transfer.