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Old Dec 29, 2010 | 2:26 am
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Originally Posted by howl0007
I've had this happen to me for a few international bookings and the tickets were purchased about 1 month out. I couldn't ever figure out the criteria for when this happens.
On tickets to Africa, I've been told I need to have the credit card at check in.
These happened to be award tickets, so the credit card was only used for <$200 of taxes! At check-in, alas, no credit card was needed.

Not sure where else in the world this occurs. Probably anywhere where actual or feared fraud is high.
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