Comments on: Prepaid cards list

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:26:40 +0000

Yes, the PostOffice Travel Money card no longer exists, and the link should be removed from this page.

Interestingly, RyanAir have moved to Prepaid MasterCards as their preferred option. I use a free one from Phones4U – go in store and enquire.

http://www.compareprepaid.co.uk/reviews/escape-card.html

By: Jack Alltrades

Jack Alltrades — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:31:54 +0000

Me too, today bahhh!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:21:11 +0000

We have just purchased a Visa Electron from Travelex at Tesco, and are now worried we will not be able to use it in Petrol Stations and Tolls in France. Can anyone help please?
Thanks

By: MJay

MJay — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:29:50 +0000

Mastercard has aquired the Travelex pre-paid card business, so expect some re-branding to MC from Visa Electron. Travelex issue cards via Thomas Cook, ASDA, Sainsbury’s and others.

http://www.travelex.com/us/press/ENG/doc-tvx-selects-mastercard-for-strategic-global-prepaid-alliance.asp

By: Roger K

Roger K — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:32:27 +0000

The Post Office stopped issuing their prepaid Electron card about a month ago – the day before I went in to apply for one!

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:33:17 +0000

Thomas Cook have replaced the Visa Electron card for the Cash passport with the Master card.

Post office have stopped issuing Travel Money card to new customers.

By: Ricardo Verdi

Ricardo Verdi — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:58:07 +0000

http://www.entropay.com do a “virtual” visa electron: they issue you with a number & expiry date & you can load money on to an account. They charge 4.95% when you load money on to the card, which actually works as a debit card. I was using it for Ryanair until about Dec 2009, since then the only card Ryanair accept without a fee is a pre-paid Mastercard

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By: Dinis Quelhas

Dinis Quelhas — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:16:29 +0000

Hi AYJAYB, thank you for your comment!

By: AYJAYB

AYJAYB — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:41:39 +0000

Halifax do a Sterling only, Electron card which is certainly accepted by Aer Lingus, so probably other airlines as well. The great advantage of this card over the Post Office card, is that you do not have to keep any money in the account, BUT, you can make an internet transfer from another bank, (must be one of the big 5 high street banks who offer immediate transfers to similar banks) and the money arrives into the account immediately, so you can be online looking at the flight you want, open another webpage and transfer the money, knowing that the money is there to pay for it, whereas with the Post Office card, you have to wait 24 hours before you can access the funds. You can only apply for it and operate it online – you can’t add or withdraw funds over the counter. As I say, it’s sterling only, but I have one of these to book flights from the UK and need a Euro card to book flights back from Ireland, to replace the Post Office card which had too many limitations – i.e. only allow cardholder to load money over the phone, which is when you got the best rate and you had to wait 24 hours to access funds.