Where to get a Visa Electron Card?

Hi all,

I'm looking for a pure Visa Electron Card as some airlines (easyjet or ryanair) do charge an extra fee if the flights are paid by a credit or debit card.

I'm currently with Llyods but they don't offer Visa Electron Cards anymore.

So far I've phoned Halifax. They also don't do Visa Electron Cards.

Does anyone have suggestions on how to get a Visa Electron Card?

Thanks, Johann

Reply to
Johann Johannson
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Is there any way to pay for such flights other than with a credit or debit card?

Reply to
Alec McKenzie

Abbey National for under 18's - I just checked that

I am fairly sure Barclays do electron and probably one or 2 others - they often offer either Solo or Electron.

Reply to
mo

so what *is* a visa electron if it is not a debit card ??

Reply to
Zoe Brown

The Woolwich Card Saver account has an Electron card. Possibly Barclays offers an Electron card as well.

I believe Abbey offers one as well.

Reply to
Jonathan Bryce

Not that I'm aware of.

Reply to
Johann Johannson

A Visa Electron card is a debit card *without* the Visa Card Sign but with Visa Electron Sign.

Reply to
Johann Johannson

So what is meant by "an extra fee if the flights are paid by a credit or debit card"?

Reply to
Alec McKenzie

indeed, so a debit card then !! not sure why you think using this card will save you charges ?/

Reply to
Zoe Brown

I wasn't aware that the Halifax stopped doing Electron, they did do on their Cardcash account.

Woolwich and barclays both Do Electron as do Abbey.

Nat West do Solo, Not sure about the others.

Nick.

Reply to
Nick Castle

because it says so on their website!

Reply to
Tumbleweed

But the OP said they charged extra for payment by credit or debit card - which I did think was odd.

We then went full circle confirming that a Visa Electron card is a debit card.

Reply to
Colin Forrester

Its *supposed* to be an 'electronic use' only card, ie it was designed with the number printed rather than embossed on the card (so you couldn't use a clunk-click type old fashioned machine) and thus funds were only available if the card was read electronically and compared live with the issueing bank. You also were only supposed to be able to use it 'customer present' ie you could't use it over the phone (because it needed to be read obviuously).

This has been much eroded lately as just about all retailers have electonic terminals, and *lots* of retailer accept transactions over the phone/by internet. I think the later is allowed to happen because the card security number is usually requested as well.

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Sharky

"Sharky" wrote

Eh? - *Why* couldn't you use a "clunk-clunk" machine?

In those "good old days", I remember that even with embossed cards, the numbers often didn't come out very clearly - eg sometimes shown twice slightly apart - and so the shopworker often had to hand-write the numbers on afterwards with a pen.

They could just as easily copy the numbers by hand with an Electron card...

Reply to
Tim

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