RyanAir travel annoyance #837

[nibot]

RyanAir only allows you to pay with a German bank card (Lastschrift) when the fare is "quoted in Euros". They quote the fare in the currency of the country in which the flight originates. So, for example, you can't pay via a German bank card for a flight from Sweden to Germany, since that fare is quoted in SEK. (Unless you buy a roundtrip Germany-Sweden-Germany... which I did not do.)

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[nibot.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly unspontaneous by my standards: everything booked three weeks in advance! Off to visit a friend who lives here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sundby+B%C3%A5lberget,+Kristinehamn,+Sweden&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=58.025555,14.39209&spn=5.19217,16.907959&sll=59.283333,14.133333&sspn=0.019553,0.066047&oq=Sundby+,+Kristinehamn,+Sweden&t=h&hnear=Sundby+B%C3%A5lberget,+681+93+Kristinehamn,+Sweden&z=7).

[clevermynnie.livejournal.com]

That's weird! I remember when I came back from Oslo they let me use an Irish card to pay in NOK.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

The German banking system is a little different, I think. The bank cards are not Visa/Mastercard compatible. Instead, you just give your bank routing number and account number to people, and they can directly debit the account.

[clevermynnie.livejournal.com]

Ah, interesting. The bank number thing is prominent here too, but they are trying to introduce the card system. When we moved here they had special debit cards and they've since hopped on the Visa train.

I guess, though, Ryanair is probably the most accommodating of whatever people in Ireland are going to want to do.