Greetings all. Twice today I have been told by Continental I could not proceed to charge a ticket for no apparent reason. Heading to United I was able to ticket the exact same itinerary with no problem using the exact same credit card info. First two flights are CO metal, remainder UA.

Now, I HAVE been doing a dance trying to defer final ticketing until my spouse's commitments are finalized. Since I wasn't given the option of holding the fare, this has involved making and canceling similar reservations three days in a row (during which time I might add the prices have jumped around considerably).

Is it conceivable that CO won't sell to me because they know I have essentially the same itinerary already bought on UA? Or am I being paranoid here? When I did it in reverse, e.g. buy on UA but before canceling tickets on CO, there has been no problem. Maybe CO.com is just having a bad day? (but why take it out on me!) Could it have anything to do with the fact that UA advertises a price match? Thanks for any intelligence.