Comments on: Prepaid cards list

By: Dinis Quelhas

Dinis Quelhas — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:05:44 +0000

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…

By: eppie

eppie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:12:22 +0000

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.

By: eppie

eppie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:09:58 +0000

flybe should introduce a prepaid mastercard like ryanair did and that would solve everything.

By: Dinis Quelhas

Dinis Quelhas — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:53:15 +0000

Hi Nick,

Thanks for the tip. I’ll add it as soon as I have time.

Cheers!

By: Nick The Geek

Nick The Geek — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:31:44 +0000

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

By: David Robertson

David Robertson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:08:17 +0000

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)

By: fred crippen

fred crippen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:28:43 +0000

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.

By: Dinis Quelhas

Dinis Quelhas — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:35:42 +0000

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

By: Richard Hume

Richard Hume — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:46:55 +0000

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.