Ryanair flight - Barclaycard

PCulbert1

We were on a Ryanair flight from Copenhagen to Dublin, and wanted to buy some food from the trolley. We both had Barclaycard credit cards, but both were rejected by their machine. Thankfully I had a Halifax card, and this went through first time.

Anyone else had such a problem when paying on board? The Barclaycard worked fine everywhere else except on the flight (I specifically used the Barclaycard as it doesnt charge fees when used abroad).

eskbanker

Is your Barclaycard definitely usable offline, i.e. when unable to connect to the bank for authorisation?  Some cards aren't....

Westin

Easyjet has the same issue with Barclaycard.

Apparently something to do with the banks higher security protocols when transactions are off-line, which of course they are whilst up in the air.

Best to always travel with back up cards or at least a variety of payment methods.

soolin

Not the same issue , but I always struggles with a Metro bank debit card on Easyjet , all my other cards worked fine.