Booking via Expedia.ca
Nov 18, 2011, 8:20 am
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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Booking via Expedia.ca
I used my friend's credit card when I booked a QR flight on Expedia.ca. After that I realized that QR requires passengers to show the same credit card used to purchase the ticket during check-in. Does this rule only apply to those who booked through their website directly but not to those who booked through Expedia.ca? Note that on my friend's cc statement, it showed charges from "qatarairways" not "expedia". I need clarification on this. TQ
Nov 21, 2011, 5:12 am
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Norway
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Let's say you book through an agency. The charge on your credit card is from the agency, not Qatar. Let's say Qatar asks for the credit card that's in their records and won't accept your explanation that it's a travel agency that paid the ticket, but that you of course paid the agency for the ticket.
Would printouts of the charge (including extras like insurance) from the agency and then printout of where you paid off the credit card (and then be able to show the credit card you used to pay the travel agency to them) be enough to show Qatar for them to let you fly?
It sounds reasonable to me that it would be enough?
Would printouts of the charge (including extras like insurance) from the agency and then printout of where you paid off the credit card (and then be able to show the credit card you used to pay the travel agency to them) be enough to show Qatar for them to let you fly?
It sounds reasonable to me that it would be enough?
Nov 21, 2011, 8:01 am
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Posts: 30
I used my friend's credit card when I booked a QR flight on Expedia.ca. After that I realized that QR requires passengers to show the same credit card used to purchase the ticket during check-in. Does this rule only apply to those who booked through their website directly but not to those who booked through Expedia.ca? Note that on my friend's cc statement, it showed charges from "qatarairways" not "expedia". I need clarification on this. TQ
I was told by teh TA, that the reason for this is that the TA is bearing the responsibility for any fraudulent behaviour and not the airline. Ultimately the TA is buying the seat from the airline and then selling it onto the passenger.
In the case of buying through QR directly, the airline wants to verify everything in case of fraud, money laundering, identification etc. which is why they want to see the card at check-in. Obviously the TA has a"lower" standard of care for checking then the Airlines
However if you are still worried, get your friend to photocopy both sides of the card and black out some of the numbers on the front and a digit from the back, get the friend to sign the photocopy together with a note and you should be ok. Send the photocopy via email to Doha and get them to put a note on your booking.
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