If you really want to learn more about airport / airline / travel / credit card and whatever security, may I suggest you to read the great blog of Mr Bruce Schneier:
See, that's exactly why I don't use airline websites anymore and opted to become my own microscopic travel agency instead.
The only thing I do on the regular lufthansa.com is looking up awards and OLCI.
Life is so much better now.
Let's say A is an LH flyer, but for whatever reason he has to ask his friend, B to book the flight with his card. B is not LH flyer, so he has to register on LH, fill out all his personal details...
May I call the system "annoying"?
flyersurfer,
Where do you find the best deals?
I think the only problem with your approch is when you have to change flight or dates. You end up worse with 3rd parties, when booking directly with the airlines.
I think the only problem with your approch is when you have to change flight or dates. You end up worse with 3rd parties, when booking directly with the airlines.
Well, I don't. My personal agency has lower TSCs than lh.com, and if I need to make changes and reissue, I can always make them w/o charges after flying the first segment. I just need to call the airline who issued the ticket. Alternatively, I pay a few EUR for the change but keep full posession my itinerary. I certainly like being in charge of my PNRs.
In any case, since lh.com basically acceppts ANY CC when booking w/o registration, you or your friend could simply enter your CC when booking his flight in his name. At least that's how it worked for me before I switched to be my own TA.
Thanks for your input flysurfer. You are my man. Being my own travel agent sounds to be the way to go. How one can be his travel agent? Do I have to be American to be my travel agent?
Also, could you please unlock the abbrevation TSC for me? Google didn't come to my help, even if I searched on the flyertalk.com domain.
Soon I will be booking some flights through LH.com and some through swiss.com, but with the credit card of someone else in my family (same last name if it helps). It is a company card by the way and I will be the only traveller. But now I saw this statement:
Please note, that the owner of the form of payment always has to be one of the travelling passengers. If you are using a company account card, the owner of this card does not have to be one of the travelling passengers.
And since I was always buying tickets through a TA with cash/my own CC/direct debit this information really shocked me . The last sentence helps since it actually is a company card, but then in the continuation I read this:
Your etix® will be stored on the card, indicated below.
For identification at check-in, I will use: Credit card used for payment
Please note! The above chosen card is required at time of checkin for all flights.
The option for the credit card cannot be changed, so I don't see the point of the above statement "If you are using a company account card, the owner of this card does not have to be one of the travelling passengers.". I am completely confused with those rules. Can anybody give me his/her experience about this?
So far I never had problems with LH with that situation. With SQ yes a lot of issues, but as an Id you can use your passport or national id if you have.
So far I never had problems with LH with that situation. With SQ yes a lot of issues, but as an Id you can use your passport or national id if you have.
With LX/LH I have never had an issue, and have done this many times.
Beware BA as well as SQ- there are many reports of people having to buy a new ticket...
I don't think that citizenship is relevant in this case. The easiest and cheapest way is to affiliate with an existing TA for mutual benefit. You bring him some extra revenue (helping the TA to meet certain kickback goals), and he grants you full access to a CRS and ticketing capability at a low rate (aka low TSC).
So I will not have any problems if a person who is not travelling buys me a ticket with his/her CC, even if the CC is not a company's CC? Uh, I forgot, except LH/LX one leg will be with SAS (LH codeshare), I suppose I will not have any problems there either...
Thank you for this information! In the end, in case of some problems at the check-in counter I can always tell it was booked with a company's CC (which will be the case).
So I will not have any problems if a person who is not travelling buys me a ticket with his/her CC, even if the CC is not a company's CC? Uh, I forgot, except LH/LX one leg will be with SAS (LH codeshare), I suppose I will not have any problems there either...
Thank you for this information! In the end, in case of some problems at the check-in counter I can always tell it was booked with a company's CC (which will be the case).
I don't see what the problem could be... perhaps someone else can anticpate something? Sounds fine to me- although I am not sure about the SAS part...
I don't think that citizenship is relevant in this case. The easiest and cheapest way is to affiliate with an existing TA for mutual benefit. You bring him some extra revenue (helping the TA to meet certain kickback goals), and he grants you full access to a CRS and ticketing capability at a low rate (aka low TSC).
Wow flysurfer, I think we are heading way off topic here. As far as I am this topic's owner, no problem at all with this!
OK, maybe there is already some discussion topic about the issue of how to hook up with the travel agent?
Why it would be such a great business for him to sell me at discount? I am not that big flyer than I guess most of you in this forum.
Maybe you know of such a travel agent I can hook up with through the Internet? As I am in Europe now, and as far as I know this business is much stricter regulated here than on the other side of the Atlantic.
. The last sentence helps since it actually is a company card, but then in the continuation I read this:
