TUI flights - cashless sales

NoodleDoodleMan

I'm sure the vast majority of TUI passengers will be aware - but just a heads up for anybody who might not be.

No cash accepted for onboard sales - and they don't accept Amex, Revolut or any form of prepaid cards.

CKhalvashi

It's exactly the same for Ryanair and probably many others (not sure about Easyjet but I did buy cigarettes using a card).

It makes airline operations much more efficient. OH still works for an airline where crew are having to walk up and down the aisle trying to get small banknotes and many of her cabin colleagues can't wait for this day.

bagand96

Thought I was going mad for a moment, or had been dreaming about the MSE forum!

TUI flights - no cash transactions onboard aircraft — MoneySavingExpert Forum

ellenvan

Yes, Easyjet the same only cards taken as payment - you also can not give cash to the onboard collections for UNICEF

NoodleDoodleMan

bagand96 said:

Thought I was going mad for a moment, or had been dreaming about the MSE forum!

TUI flights - no cash transactions onboard aircraft — MoneySavingExpert Forum

Well spotted.

I hope my condition is not contagious - or should it be infectious ?

bagand96

NoodleDoodleMan said:

bagand96 said:

Thought I was going mad for a moment, or had been dreaming about the MSE forum!

TUI flights - no cash transactions onboard aircraft — MoneySavingExpert Forum

Well spotted.

I hope my condition is not contagious - or should it be infectious ?

It never hurts to raise something again for discussion!  I expect within a year or two the idea of cash onboard aircraft will seem ancient.

Westin

Glad you found Noodle Doodle Man’s older post, bagand96. I also had a sense of Déjà Vu when I read the recent post.   

We flew back on TOM from Turkey two weeks ago.  Just before the crew started the trolley service the crew made the announcement regarding being a cashless airline and only accepting payment by card. The people in front of us in row 3 ordered snacks and drinks then pulled out Turkish Lira bank notes to pay.  Crew apologised and repeated payments restricted to cards and that they did not take cash. Dippy passenger said they heard that but this wasn’t cash it was Turkish Lira… 

bagand96

Westin said:

Glad you found Noodle Doodle Man’s older post, bagand96. I also had a sense of Déjà Vu when I read the recent post.   

We flew back on TOM from Turkey two weeks ago.  Just before the crew started the trolley service the crew made the announcement regarding being a cashless airline and only accepting payment by card. The people in front of us in row 3 ordered snacks and drinks then pulled out Turkish Lira bank notes to pay.  Crew apologised and repeated payments restricted to cards and that they did not take cash. Dippy passenger said they heard that but this wasn’t cash it was Turkish Lira… 

Sounds like one of those many occasions when travelling I end up thinking "and we give these people passports"

CKhalvashi

Westin said:

Glad you found Noodle Doodle Man’s older post, bagand96. I also had a sense of Déjà Vu when I read the recent post.   

We flew back on TOM from Turkey two weeks ago.  Just before the crew started the trolley service the crew made the announcement regarding being a cashless airline and only accepting payment by card. The people in front of us in row 3 ordered snacks and drinks then pulled out Turkish Lira bank notes to pay.  Crew apologised and repeated payments restricted to cards and that they did not take cash. Dippy passenger said they heard that but this wasn’t cash it was Turkish Lira… 

OH said she's heard of the same, and it always seems to be limited to very few routes, including the Turkish ones.

Sterling, Euro and normally the local currency is accepted on board. This isn't the case though for some countries, of which Turkey is one, leaving it as just Sterling or Euro.

Agreed generally though that certain things do sometimes need to be brought up again for discussion and this probably is one of them.

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NoodleDoodleMan said:

I'm sure the vast majority of TUI passengers will be aware - but just a heads up for anybody who might not be.

No cash accepted for onboard sales - and they don't accept Amex, Revolut or any form of prepaid cards.

Last time I took a TUI flight, Revolut/Fintech crowd wouldn't take no for an answer.

NoodleDoodleMan

Deleted_User said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

I'm sure the vast majority of TUI passengers will be aware - but just a heads up for anybody who might not be.

No cash accepted for onboard sales - and they don't accept Amex, Revolut or any form of prepaid cards.

Last time I took a TUI flight, Revolut/Fintech crowd wouldn't take no for an answer.

I wonder which part of no Amex/Revolut/Prepaid Cards is difficult to understand ?