I enquired with my bank (Nationwide) as to why some companies (such as Ryanair) don't charge for customers using Electron cards
Ryanair will need to keep 1 card on the list that is no fee to ensure that paying a fee is 'optional' and without this it is likely that the lead in fare would be required to include the credit card fee.
What does anyone else think?
As regards the electron being low fees ie in terms of handling fees/charges to the airline, this is irrelevant as €10 on a return trip has no relationship to the fees paid by the airline to the bank. A company like airline would be charged not more than 1% credit card charges on ticket prices, so if the average fare is say €45, this represents a charge of 45c (ie 1% fee).
Happy New year to all on pprune. Have a good one!
EI-BUD