Reply To: Pirelli Pre-Paid Cards

[Graham Wood]

John,

Just to reiterate, there is nothing wrong with the Pirelli side at all. The process of applying for and receiving the card was absolutely fine, the only issue is, if you use it for fuel (effectively what Pirelli want you to use it for) then it is about ensuring you either fill up to the exact amount of the card, or, if you fill up with more, then to ensure the filling station can ‘split’ the transaction – which my local Shell station could not do for some reason.

Best really to just fill up to the exact amount on the card.

Using the card for other online transactions is fine, but you just need to be aware of the ‘authorisation’ charge that the card processors may impose.

Again, from Pirelli’s perspective, they do call the scheme a ‘Fuel gift card’ offer, so, use it for that, with the above caveat in mind, and all will be good!