I have today been to my branch of santander (abbey national) and asked for an electron card. they told me they do not issue them anymore, thought you might like to know. pjn.
I checked with the Abbey website. They only issue Visa Electron cards to schoolchildren and international students, so unfortunately I am 47 years too old and will have to make do with a Visa Delta card and pay the airline card charges. Dave. C
actually, my experience tells me different. I went to Abbey and asked for a Visa Electron card to be added to my current account and had no problems. This was about 6 months ago. Have you tried going to a branch and ask for a Visa Electron card?
i have just applied for account with the abby
and they are going to send me a visa electron card
which i am not really very happy about
because i do a lot of my shopping and paying bills online
and some of the company i pay are now not accepting electron cards
like bt used to they are not now
Abbey / Santander reluctant to issue me electron as I already had debit – I insisted on having second card, I was the customer & wanted one (several accounts with bank). Issued 10/9 & expiring 10/11 WILL NOT BE RENEWED AS THEY AS STOPPING ISSUE!
actually that doesn’t seem to be right. My girlfriend has a “normal” Abbey account and she asked for one and it has arrived 2 weeks later. She didn’t have any problems with it. Do you have an Abbey account?
If paying with an Electron Card, and the airline should “go bust”, do you have the same protection as paying by credit card, whereby the credit card issuer is obliged to refund the amount.
thank you for your query. Very valid point.
To be honest, I have no idea. Probably it depends on the airline. If I have some time meanwhile, I’ll have a look into that.
Can anyone clarify this one?
No, you will not be protected solely by the card. If the airline is in the ATOL travel finance protection agreement which most are, they will cover costs and get you home. To be sure though, you will be protected as long as you have a valid travel insurance policy (check policy details). The vast majority of travel insurance policies will cover airline failure, and you can get insurance from as little at £1.50 a trip on some price comparison websites.
I have today been to my branch of santander (abbey national) and asked for an electron card. they told me they do not issue them anymore, thought you might like to know. pjn.
I checked with the Abbey website. They only issue Visa Electron cards to schoolchildren and international students, so unfortunately I am 47 years too old and will have to make do with a Visa Delta card and pay the airline card charges. Dave. C
Hi Dave,
actually, my experience tells me different. I went to Abbey and asked for a Visa Electron card to be added to my current account and had no problems. This was about 6 months ago. Have you tried going to a branch and ask for a Visa Electron card?
Cheers!
i have just applied for account with the abby
and they are going to send me a visa electron card
which i am not really very happy about
because i do a lot of my shopping and paying bills online
and some of the company i pay are now not accepting electron cards
like bt used to they are not now
Hi Stuart, thank you for sharing your experience!
Abbey / Santander reluctant to issue me electron as I already had debit – I insisted on having second card, I was the customer & wanted one (several accounts with bank). Issued 10/9 & expiring 10/11 WILL NOT BE RENEWED AS THEY AS STOPPING ISSUE!
Thanks for this website.
Abbey offers Visa Electron to STUDENTS only : http://www.abbey.com/csgs/Satellite?appID=abbey.internet.Abbeycom&canal=CABBEYCOM&cid=1210607874479&empr=Abbeycom&leng=en_GB&pagename=Abbeycom%2FPage%2FWC_ACOM_TemplateG
Hi Scott,
actually that doesn’t seem to be right. My girlfriend has a “normal” Abbey account and she asked for one and it has arrived 2 weeks later. She didn’t have any problems with it. Do you have an Abbey account?
Cheers
Many thanks for all the information.
Just one point I could not find the answer to:-
If paying with an Electron Card, and the airline should “go bust”, do you have the same protection as paying by credit card, whereby the credit card issuer is obliged to refund the amount.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Terry Jones
Hi Terry,
thank you for your query. Very valid point.
To be honest, I have no idea. Probably it depends on the airline. If I have some time meanwhile, I’ll have a look into that.
Can anyone clarify this one?
Cheers
No, you will not be protected solely by the card. If the airline is in the ATOL travel finance protection agreement which most are, they will cover costs and get you home. To be sure though, you will be protected as long as you have a valid travel insurance policy (check policy details). The vast majority of travel insurance policies will cover airline failure, and you can get insurance from as little at £1.50 a trip on some price comparison websites.
Hope this helps.
Hi Matty,
thanks for your comment, but I’m not sure it belongs to this section. To whom are you answering to? Someone in the Airlines section?
Thanks
Hi Dinis,
I think Matty was replying to TERRY JONES’ question on 2009/08/18 at 15:16. Guess you missed that one
Oooops, my appologies Matty! If I find a way to add this one as a reply to Terry, I will. If not, everyone, my mistake
Thanks Andy!
Success! Managed to change it
All in the right place now.