Originally Posted by
stewardo
Real time status of what?
I've had a few troubles booking with them - they seem to insist on using 'verified by visa' (and some kind of mastercard equivalent) - so if you have a card set up with that already it goes through. I couldn't get cards issued by banks who do not participate in the programme to work at all - just hit error messages and had to start the booking process again.
I have successfully used my 'regular' visa card with Air Asia, and also my American Express card. I am not sure if the booking troubles are directly linked to the type of card used. Whenever I run into these problems I just wait a few hours before I try and then it usually works, with the same card and without any calls to the bank.
I had similar problems with Jetstar Asia's web site.
Probably just some bugs. I noticed these problems occur often during special promotions when a lot of users may access these web sites.