booking fees

Anyone who uses a Visa Electron card to avoid transactions charges when booking flights could soon be disappointed.

Despite extolling the virtues of the Visa Electron card on last week's programme, on Monday Ryanair announced that it would start charging for Visa Electron payments next year.

This week Money Box learns that now Aer Lingus and Easyjet have put the future use of the card as their one free payment option "under review."

Ryanair customers can now use pre-paid Mastercards to avoid paying booking fees.

But do pre-paid cards represent better value? Bob Howard investigated.

This item was first broadcast on Radio 4's Money Box on Saturday, 5 December 2009