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Jul 21, 2014 | 5:26 pm

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mountaingrl

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Originally Posted by zer0k1

Someone offered to sell me an $2500 Air Canada for $1500... Just wondering, what risks are there in this deal?

He said he will meet me at a coffee shop and I can reserve the ticket using his card and pay him after the booking is successful. So what if I book a fully refundable ticket and have Air Canada refund it to a NEW gift card? Would they do that? What are the risks?

Thanks!

Hmmm, possibly good deal, but yes sounds fishy how obtained. I guess could have won in a contest...
You could book an economy ticket and cancel within 24hrs - the amount used from the gift card goes back onto the same gift card but it takes 4-6 weeks for that to occur (and thus 4-6 weeks until you can use that gift card again if you used up the entire amount). So the gift card will always be linked to credit card that was used to purchase it.

Last edited by mountaingrl; Jul 21, 2014 at 6:30 pm

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