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Old Oct 27, 2014, 12:20 am
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Originally Posted by Ber2dca
They have verified. "May I have your name?" "<says name>". "May I have your booking code?" "<says booking code>".

The booking code i.e. PNR locator is only shown on an encrypted webpage when you book and sent to the password-protected email you used for the booking. It's confidential, it's protected info. Amazon and most other retailers don't ask you for more than an email and password either to log in and buy stuff.
As long as the PNR-code is sent through normal, unencrypted eMail this just is nowhere near an secure transmission and prone to interception. Additionally you can just call the airline and actually ASK for the PNR when you have the approximate flight detail...done this more than once when I booked on a OTA that did not display the airline's confirmation code.

Greetings - Dirk
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