Holidaymakers are being offered the chance to get leading pre-paid MasterCard Escape Travel Money free of charge for a limited time in the run up to the summer holiday period.

The offer is redeemable by using the voucher code POST1 online at http://www.ezpayltd.co.uk/escape-travel/post-office-offer/ and runs from 11 May 2011 until 11 August 2011*. The offer applies to users of the rival Post Office pre-paid card, many of whom recently found they were unable to use their cards due to a technical glitch.

The Escape Travel Money card from EZPay Ltd – part of the Phones4U Group – is waiving its usual £9.99 purchase fee so even more customers can enjoy its great currency exchange rate and fee-free use overseas.

Paul Smith, managing director of EZPay Ltd, said:

“A rival pre-paid card issued by the Post Office has been in the news recently, since it failed to work and customers were offered poor exchange rates to retrieve their money from the card.

“We don’t want anybody to have negative opinions of the industry. That’s why we are offering Post Office customers our card free of charge. The Escape Travel Money card offers some of the best benefits on the market and we are confident once people use it they won’t be tempted to go elsewhere.”

Escape Travel Money gives users the opportunity to load currency at better-than-high-street rates before they head abroad. The card can then be used without charge to shop abroad or withdraw money from an international ATM.

It can be used in over 30 million MasterCard locations worldwide and users can also gain access to a range of attractive money-back offers.

To get your card visit www.escapetravelmoneycard.com.

* Anybody wanting to redeem their £9.99 purchase price back should put POST1 in the “How did you hear about us” page in the registration. To redeem the cost of the card back users must load £100 in the first 90 days after purchasing their Escape Travel Money card.

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About EZPay

EZPay Ltd (www.ezpayltd.co.uk) is the prepaid card provider from the Phones 4U Group. The company specialises in prepaid MasterCards and currently offers three products: The Escape Prepaid MasterCard; The Escape Travel Money Prepaid MasterCard and the Neon Prepaid MasterCard for under 17s.

Escape Prepaid MasterCard
The perfect card for people who want to take control of their general spending and those who regularly transfer money abroad. It’s free to load with cash at Phones4U stores and can then be used fee-free online or in-store like any other debit or credit card. Alternatively, the Escape card can be used to send cash to friends and family overseas without charge – and users benefit from some of the best exchange rates available today – making it far better value than traditional money transfer services. As an additional benefit users can earn up to 20% cashback on online purchases from great brands such as Apple, BHS and Top Man.

Escape Travel Money Prepaid MasterCard
The Escape Travel Money card is the ideal travelling companion. The card can be used in over 30 million locations worldwide – anywhere you see the MasterCard acceptance mark. There are no fees for using the card abroad and there are no fees for withdrawing money from ATMs while you’re abroad. You can also earn up to 20% cashback on your online purchases, excellent for when you’re booking airport parking and other travel essentials.