Prepaid cards list
Hi guys, I’ve decided to open this new area because apparently there are some prepaid Visa Electron cards. So far, there was only one person to suggest a company that does it and I have found another one. Please let me know if you know of any other companies that issue prepaid Visa Electron cards or if you have ever used one of these cards successfully. Thank you!
flybe do not accept travelex or thomas cook visa electron. Or post office electron.
So unless you can open an uk based bank account and have a plastic visa electron card that is that option out .
They also do not regnogize entropay accounts.
flybe should introduce a prepaid mastercard like ryanair did and that would solve everything.
Hi Eppie,
I’m not sure they should add charges to anything to be honest. They used to offer Visa Electron, now it’s the prepaid Mastercard. It’s all s strategy to promote certain cards that are not that popular and also be compliant with the advertising laws…
Or if push comes to shove, there’s also the Barclay’s Gift Card (https://www.barclaysgiftcard.co.uk/)
You can load it with between £10 and £300. Not sure if it’s a one time load or if you can convert it to become reloadable though.
HTH
Cheers
Nick
Hi Nick,
Thanks for the tip. I’ll add it as soon as I have time.
Cheers!
Post Office is easiest – their Travel Money Card which is a visa electron can be obtained online within 7 days -or immediately at a post office that has foreign exchange facility. – They offer sterling, euro, and dollar accounts – the euro/dollar ones are best because there are no fees.
Hi. Love your site, lots of good info.
You haven’t mentioned the Thomas Cook Cash Passport which is a reloadable Visa Electron card (Issued by Travelex Bank). Obtainable from, and reloadable at Thomas Cook branches. I obtained one of these to obtain cash abroad rather than using travellers cheques. I have used it to obtain cash from ATMs in Mainland Spain and Gran Canaria without any difficulty. It can also be used for purchases, and I therefore assume could be used to pay for a flight.
The card is designated to a specific currency, there is a choice of several including GBP and Euro. There is a £1.50 (or 2.00 euro) fee for each ATM withdrawal. Only other fee is if the card is not used for over 15 months. Hope this information is useful.
See http://www.cashpassport.com for more info.
Hi Richard,
thanks for the info. I will try to get one of these and try it out on my next trip. This looks very promising. I will open a new section for prepaid Visa Electron cards. Do you know of any others?
Cheers
Re: Fee for ATM withdrawls.
If you get the card directly from Travelex (can be delivered or picked up at Travelex outlet) there is NO charge. http://www.cashpassport.com/1/PageFiles/819/travelex%20Cash%20Passport_online.pdf?epslanguage=en-CA
This also applies to the ones from Sainsburys and Tesco (Stores, NOT online)