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Old Jul 21, 2014 | 5:40 pm
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Originally Posted by yvr76
So the gift card seller, as long as he has your PNR when you book the ticket, can cancel the ticket afterwards (getting the money back to his gift card), leaving you without a ticket, and him $1500 richer.
The seller wouldn't get the PNR, the buyer would enter the gift card number and PIN into the AC.com website or call in (I would make sure that I had my laptop and not using his). Also if the buyer did purchase a small ticket with the card (to prove that it is legit) - and did not use the whole $2500 (and if the seller knew the PIN, scratched off silver coating) the seller could still be able to book something without the buyer knowing. Yeah but still fishy....
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