Originally Posted by
BrewerSEA
Wonderful situation...I went up to the AA desk at YVR to pay for my ticket, of course about $500 more than the online tool, but my credit card was flagged as fraud, even though I called Capital One beforehand to authorize the transaction. On the phone with AA as they extend the hold on my reservation, I think they're on the phone with Qantas to get permission or something, but I'll try the route of multiple attempts on the online booker.
Did the person you spoke with recommend trying the same itinerary over and over again or changing dates around and then changing the ticket to the correct dates after issuing it?
Ouch, sorry to hear that
Nope, he didnt, as it didnt really come up as I managed to get the actual booking entered through the tool. We did talk about getting confirmations from different airlines though, and he mentioned that the deadlines from the other airlines were still weeks away (my first flight is 1. march)
I did try entering the itinerary to the online tool over a few days for probably 30-40 times with changing a single flight until it did work but as changing the dates is supposedly pretty painless, it sounds like a good plan to me. The only problem is the intermittent problems the tool has before forwarding to the actual booking (illegal string format or something like that) but those seemed to fix themselves by just waiting for a few minutes and resubmitting it. I'm guessing that error results from their systems being out of capacity and the error after entering credit card details has more to do with the actual booking not being accepted for one reason or another.
Good luck!