Buying a plane ticket for someone else
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Buying a plane ticket for someone else
I want to buy a ticket for my fiancee to meet me on a trip. Since we won't be on the same flight is it true that I cannot buy her ticket through the web with my credit card (cc holder must be on the flight)?
-Mike
-Mike
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Mike-
You can book an e-ticket this way, even after 9/11--maybe the rules are different if your fiancee needs a paper ticket. Don't know for sure, I've been using e-tickets for some time now. I buy e-tickets for my parents often (5 times this year) and have done this every time without a problem. I have done this using the airline web sites and not on Orbitz, et al. It may be that Expedia, Orbitz and the others require things that the airlines do not.
You can book an e-ticket this way, even after 9/11--maybe the rules are different if your fiancee needs a paper ticket. Don't know for sure, I've been using e-tickets for some time now. I buy e-tickets for my parents often (5 times this year) and have done this every time without a problem. I have done this using the airline web sites and not on Orbitz, et al. It may be that Expedia, Orbitz and the others require things that the airlines do not.
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I've only had one "problem" buying tickets for my in-laws. They won't let me buy the tickets and then have them sent to them. The tickets have to be sent to the cardholders addresss. I then send them on to my in-laws. Just make sure you have enough time to do all this.
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Delta WILL NOT sell me the ticket through their website. I must either be on the same plane or bear the same last name. I'm waiting to hear back from Orbitz. It is a Delta policy and not an FAA policy. Delat said I can call a representative to handle the transaction but I guess I'd have to argue to try and get a Web-Only fare. Orbitz now charges a $5 surcharge, huh? When did that start?
-Mike
-Mike
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Does anyone know if any of this applies to Southwest?? I just bought a ticket online in my daughter's name -- using my credit card. All she had to do was print out a confirmation sheet and present it at the airport. She's flying this Thursday and now reading this has made me nervous that she'll be asked for the credit card.
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I frequently buy tickets for my college student daughters, usually from American. They all say if mailed, it must be to the cardholder's billing address. Yes, they sometimes say you need the card at check-in, but in practice, they don't actually ask for the card.
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Mike, my wife and I just came back from Hawaii and Las Vegas. I bought both our tickets with my credit card and had no problems whosoever. They just wanted to match the name of the person on the ticket against a piece of identification i.e. driver's license, government id etc.......