#“Ulster Bank now using Visa Debit Cards instead of Laser. Cheaper Ryanair?”
I just got my new ATM card in the post from Ulster Bank and it's no longer a Laser Card, it's Visa Debit. They claim it is accepted in more places globally. This seems reasonable since I have never seen Laser as an online payment method outside of Ireland.
One trick a lot of people have been using (the guys in Curious Wines told me about it) when buying Ryanair tickets is to use an Entropay Virtual Debit Card. Ryanair doesn't charge a fee if you use a debit card but they won't accept Visa. Entropay only made sense if you had managed to get a sub-10 ticket since their own fees would then exceed those of Ryanair.
So the question is, can we now use the Ulster Bank Visa Debit on Ryanair and avoid their card fees?
Damn, maybe not, the Ryanair site is saying the zero-fee thing is for Mastercard only and for a "limited time only".