4th February 2019
No stars!!! Couldn't use my card several times in America. Over a year later someone in America used my info and spent my money, filed a complaint and they said my money had been refunded but then sent my a new travelers card (which btw they are no longer using and I already had my new clear card) I have phoned and emailed till I'm blue in the face!!! I'm sick to the back teeth of it and I want my money!
5th February 2019
We apologise you are experiencing issues. please can you email the Travel Money team on icedirect.callcentre@icecurrency.com with your name, address and email address the ICE Travellers Cashcard is registered to and we will get this fully investigated and resolved for you. Many Thanks ICE
24th January 2019
Just over four years ago I got an ICE travellers cashcard and put 200 euros (about £163) on it. I haven’t used it yet but it expires this coming July. On Jan 21st, I got an email purporting to come from ICE saying that my card would be “closed” at midnight and would I log into My Account, and select Buy Back to get my remaining balance (ie, the £163) transferred to a bank account of my choice. No reason was given for the premature card closure. I logged into My Account and saw that the balance was still there, but there was no Buy Back option (Travel Money, Prepaid Card, Click & Collect, Money Transfers, Deals & Offers, Travel Extras, were the only options offered). I tried to send a message to ICE using their web contact form, but the message was rejected; “invalid characters in response”, except that my message used normal text, so what was invalid? I phoned up ICE using the number supplied in the original email and when I mentioned the absence of the Buy Back option in My Account webpage, the receptionist made no comment. She just said, send in an email with the details of my bank account. How dangerous is that? The email address I had to use was a strange one that she had to read out, letter by letter, three times to me. I still don’t know if I got it right! Needless to say, I was not going to send them an open email with my bank details. I tried emailing a response to the original email I’d received on Jan 21st. The reply acknowledged receipt and said my email would be forwarded to the “correct department” who would themselves reply shortly. Worrying about the possibility that ICE were trying to steal my money off my card, I stayed up till midnight that day, but no response came. I sent another email the day after, complaining about their lack of reply and about their suggestion of my sending bank details through an open email. I suggested they post me a cheque with the balance. There has still been no response. In the past, I’ve been able to check my ICE balan
5th February 2019
We're sorry your having issues. We can confirm that the email you sent to us on 29th January is being dealt with and somebody will be in touch with you shortly regarding this. Many Thanks ICE
21st December 2018
Great card, easy to use and top up but wait until you want your money back. Forget the 'transaction will take place at the end of the next working day'. Emails get replied to by automation promising someone will call, no one does. Phone and a lovely lady will tell you she will pass your message to the Transaction Team (does it exist?) then nothing. So make your choice but when eventually my balance is cleared I will be destroying my card.
8th January 2019
Hi Andrew, please can you contact the Travel Money team directly on callcentre@iceplc.com so that we can get this resolved for you. Many Thanks, ICE
7th December 2018
Ice Plc customer for last 4 years. Only one issue so far which was website crashing while trying to top up the card itself. Otherwise brilliant service and decent rates. Can't understand people moanig and complaining on here. I traveled extensively in the US over period of 9 months. Cash withdrawals and payment were easy enough.
7th November 2018
Im currently in America with no money because the card will not work. Emailed and called to sort the problem only to be told that my account was blocked and they don't know why and to call back during their opening hours as they can't do anything until then. I now have to wait until 01:00 in the morning (13 hours). I cant believe they don't have an emergency number for this! Its a good job my friends have been kind enough to pay for me to eat.
26th October 2018
I have tried to get Buyback several times but ICE is holding onto the money. I first asked on 5th October and on 26th October I am still waiting. Tried emailing and phoning and always told that it will be in my account in 5 days. It's now 21. This appears to be retaining funds falsely.
1st November 2018
Hi Adrian, We apologise you are having issues. Please can you contact us directly by emailing callcentre@iceplc.com with the subject compareholiday Review Adrian M, please include your name and address and we will get this issue investigated and resolved urgently. Many Thanks, ICE
11th October 2018
I have used ICE several times to purchase foreign currency and am always impressed with their service.
31st August 2018
Great...until something goes wrong... can't reset additional card pin by phone. Lady on phone cant help. Can log on line as second cards not showing. Second card we've now found was cancelled LAST YEAR and we weren't informed BUT is STILL showing on my account that I have a second card... emails go unanswered real letters go unanswered and email response following phone complaint came in terrible broken English. Consider alternatives seriously.. as I say when it works it's fine but...
27th August 2018
Terrible have forgotten PIN have emailed 3 times asking what to do, all ignored, wrote a proper letter, ignored Useless and I still have money on the card that I need to have access to !
24th August 2018
Never any problem with this! Have used the ICE Dollar card for the past 2 years, easy to use, easy to top up! Brilliant.
24th August 2018
Hi Sue,
Thanks for the great feedback. We hope you have a fantastic trip and look forward to assisting you in the future.
23rd August 2018
Absolutely Awful. Instructions to activate the card were unclear. Haven't been able to activate the card and they ignore e-mails
24th August 2018
We apologise you are having these issues. Please can you email callcentre@iceplc.com with the subject Darren Compareholidaymoney review. Please send it from the email address you have registered with us and include your name and address.
We will then pass your email on to the ICE Travellers Cashcard Management team for a full investigation and resolution
Kind Regards,
Sophie
16th August 2018
Ordered monday evening received thursday morning was told it was going to be a day late as they had to order lira in. great customer service
16th August 2018
Thank you for the great feedback. We hope you have a fantastic trip and look forward to assisting you in the future.
5th August 2018
Absolute rip off merchants. Rates that are what you would consider a scam. They don't mention buyback protection until after the purchase when it's no longer applicable. Avoid at all costs in store. Use your debit card, ripped me off over £100. Cost over 900 GBP to get 850 EUR.
26th July 2018
If i could give less than 1 star I would. I ordered the dollars pre paid card, which didn't arrive in the 3-5 days it was meant to. 12 days later it finally arrived but i had already left for America and was using a different pre paid card. I then tried to get my money back and got nothing, its been 20 days and i still dont have the £200. I've called and emailed with either no reply or just being told my account is empty.
19th July 2018
Ordered the card with £500 worth of euros. It has now passed the 3-7 day period they state on their website and the card has not arrived. I travel in 2 days! Have called twice and had to argue thd point that they couldn't buy back the euros from me because they hadn't given them to me to start with. Eventually they agreed to buy back the full amount at the same rate I purchasd them for. Apparently a faster payment is being done and the money will be back in my account tomorrow. Reading these reviews I doubt very much that will happen. I now have very little money to go on holiday with. Don't bother with this company. Total waste of time. My holiday will be ruined if I have no money. I don't have a spare £500.00 just sitting around. :(
17th July 2018
When you try to cancel your card and get a refund of your unused money they ignore your emails.
18th July 2018
Hi Howard, We are really sorry to hear you have had issues with your ICE Travellers Cashcard. Please could you email us at callcentre@iceplc.com with more information we will ensure that this is passed through to our cash card team.
Kind Regards,
Juhel
16th July 2018
As many of you mentioned before. I also got hit with a 17% handling fee. Outrageous!! £25 for a simple cash withdraw. I did send ICE an email and am waiting for there response.
17th July 2018
Hi Joris
We appreciate your comments and would like to apologise for your disappointment. Can you please let me know at which ICE location your transaction occurred so I can forward it to the relevant department to get in touch with you as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Juhel
14th July 2018
Asked for buy back on purchasing Luton, on return this cost me £20 in exchange rate difference. It’s one thing having harsh rates it’s another to ignore the customer and stitch them up. Avoid this provider where possible.
19th July 2018
Hi Adrian,
I am sorry to hear you had a negative experience with us. I have spoken to our manager at London Luton Airport about your query and wanted to give you some further information to help us resolve this for you.
At Luton, we offer two options for customers who wish to change their leftover currency on their return: buy back and rate protection guarantee service. With our free buy back service, we exchange our customers’ leftover currency commission free, providing they have their original ICE receipt with them. Buy back does not allow customers to exchange their leftover currency at the same rate they purchased it.
For customers who want to exchange their leftover currency at the same rate they bought it for, we always recommend our Rate Protection Guarantee service, which costs £3.95. This means that we will buy back any leftover currency at the same rate that the currency was purchased and commission free.
If you did pay for our Rate Protection Guarantee, please can you email callcentre@iceplc.com with a copy of your receipt and we will look into this further for you.
Thanks,
Juhel
11th July 2018
I have ordered a US Dollar Travellers Cashcard from them - shouldn't have done it though. On the website they say the card will be delivered in 3 to 4 days. 9 days later and I still haven't received anything. Called their (appalling) customer service a couple of times, who kept telling me it would arrive the next morning. Still nothing, even though they apparently send it by Royaal Mail First Class? (Why no option for a tracking number??) As my holiday was approaching and a day before travel it still hadn't arrived, I gave them a call that I want my money back in my account. Girl on the phone told me it could be done in 3 hours, but quickly backpaddled that this isn't the case and she never said that. As my top up was more than 7 days ago, it would mean I wouldn't get my initial amount back and it would take more than 3 days. Here's hoping I will actually get it back. Seriously, save yourself trouble and headache and just get one through the Post Office or your own bank!
11th July 2018
Hi Simon, thank you for your review. We are really sorry to hear you have had issues with your ICE Travellers Cashcard order. If you could email your complaint to us at callcentre@iceplc.com we will ensure that this is passed through to our cash card team. As per our information on www.iceplc.com, all cards are dispatched by 1st class post and should reach you within 3-7 working days of your initial payment being cleared. Unfortunately 1st class post is not a tracked service therefore tracking numbers are not available. Kind Regards ICE
26th May 2018
I have used this company for holiday cas on numerous occasions and always found them to have an excellent service. I cannot speak for ordering travel card as I alway find it easier to deal with cash.
15th May 2018
This company is absolutely disgraceful, ordered a card and it didn’t come in the correct time. 2 emails and 3 phone calls later and they had no idea why. Sent in a claim form to refund the money over a faster payment due to them having a high amount of their money, 3 days later and we still have no refund. I will deffinitly be looking into how we take this further.
10th May 2018
They have failed so far to deliver the prepaid card (its their fault not Royal Mail's) beyond their published delivery dates. They have yet to respond to my various complaints. Barge pole don't!
2nd May 2018
Absolute rip off merchants don’t go theme ever
4th May 2018
Dear Tree Richardson, thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear that you were not happy with the service you received. If you would like to email callcentre@iceplc.com with a few more details regarding your disatisfaction we can look further into this for you. Kind Regards ICE
23rd April 2018
Why make it so difficult to 'Top up' ????? I have had this card for over 10 Years and have had absolutely no problems using it abroad...in many countries. Cash machines are fine ... no problem ... no fees .. all seems too good to be true.... Yes a little ... I have NEVER been able to top up the card online without a number of uninteresting and unpleasant telephone calls ... to pass all my details to the advisor ..to top up over the telephone only to be told it may take up to 4 working days for the money to be available on the card... (Handy if you are travelling before that !!!!). Sort out these problems and 'It does what it says on the tin'
20th April 2018
Dreadful, website crashed during transaction. money taken from my account but not credited to € card. Spent the last week trying to resolve via phone and e mail. This amounts to fraud so time to refer this to the police I'm thinking
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