Question
Ryanair are offering UK and Irish customers the ryanair.com Visa credit card through MBNA.
UK customers are offered standard and platinum cards, Irish customers get standard and gold cards. (Why no platinum for the Irish?)
Act quickly and you get a 'free' flight on first use.
Buy 10 Ryanair tickets on the card withn 12 months and get a 'free' ticket.
Now let's see, assume 5 pairs of tickets with a handling charge of £4, that's £20 for the 'free' ticket, plus taxes and charges.
EasyMoney has had a cashback MasterCard since 2001.
See http://www.applyonlinenow.com/ireland/ryanuk&irejmp/index.html for details of the ryanair.com card and http://www.easymoneycreditcard.com/ for the easyMoney card.
Answer
I'm going to move this over to the Visa board, since it's a Visa offer.
Arguably it could belong in the "Other European Frequent Flyer Programs" forum. If you'd prefer to see it there, you're welcome to repost it.
While a good benefit for those who fly Ryanair, I'm not sure that it's appropriate for MilesBuzz: Discussion of the latest frequent flyer program buzz...
Gary
aka gleff
MilesBuzz and Delta moderator
Answer
Interesting to see things from different points of view.
The relevant thing about this offer is that it is effectively an FFP, the only one for low frills carriers in Europe, hence my original posting.
My first thought was to post it in In The News: News That Affects Frequent Flyers but that seems to relate only to published material - my info came from an e-mail.
I suspect those who are interested in Ryanair - and judging from posts in other boards, there are quite a few - would not be looking in the Visa/Mastercard forum. Online bookers with Ryanair tend to use debit cards rather than credit cards in order to avoid the £4 surcharge.
And in any case, the Visa/Mastercard forum is Discussion regarding mileage cards from Visa and MasterCard. The ryanair.com card is not a mileage card.
On general purchases, there is no mileage or other earning benefit. It is only when purchasing Ryanair flights that there is the possibility of earning a 'free' flight.
[This message has been edited by Roger (edited 02-13-2003).]