Prepaid Travel Cards guide

eDicky wrote: »

Revolut, which can be loaded directly in euros by debit card or bank transfer. The only fee will be if Barclays charges for the transfer from your euro account to that of Revolut, which is also with Barclays UK. Please let us know if you find out whether they charge or not for this.

Casciana wrote: »

I have now arranged a bank transfer from my Euro account at Barclays onto my Revolut card. Barclays charge a minimum of £15.00 for this as it is classed as a foreign currency.

It seems an outrageous charge for a transfer between two of their own accounts in the same currency. Presumably it's a SEPA transfer, for which the UK has not opted in to the intention to make charges zero or minimal, but banks are not allowed to charge more for an international SEPA transfer than they do for a domestic transfer in the same currency. So this is likely to be a reason that Barclays maintain such a charge in this case. The situation is outlined in this thread:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5387876

I can't see much point in having a euro account in the UK without a debit card, when there are substantial charges for accessing your own money. I used to have a euro account in Jersey with a debit card, which made it quite useful.

Alanwicker wrote: »

I'm going to France and want a pre-paid travel card for fuel and motorway toll purchases and wondered if anyone had any feedback on the FairFX card?
I read that some prepaid travel cards have not worked at petrol stations or autoroute toll booths. Is this one of them?

I would not expect it to work for automated fuel purchase and AutoRoute tolls, you can check the FAQs on their website or email a specific question to enquiries@fairfx.com