Originally Posted by
compwhiz
... Does anyone have stories of UA denying boarding to someone because the credit card was not present?? I think that's the fear that drives everyone, but I can't really imagine that UA actually deny someone boarding for this reason.
Yes people have been denied board -- documented in this thread. Remember a couple of cases in the past year.
As you did, it can be handled in advance.
While this does appear to be inane, there is a real credit fraud validation issue here. Just needs to be an easy way to clear up.