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Old Apr 8, 2011 | 6:04 pm
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Originally Posted by babird1
Would it be wrong to use somebody else's IATA and VER numbers to book travel? Theoretically, it would benefit them because they would get compensation for it? Assuming that nobody asks to see a physical ID card.
You're talking about two different things here. If you're booking a room on a hotel's website and you enter an IATA number, the agency whose number that is will receive the commission for the booking.

The requirement to present the IATA card is if you're booking something at a discounted industry rate. The card has the photo and VER number of the holder. It cannot be used by anyone else but the cardholder.
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