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Old Nov 7, 2015 | 10:46 am
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Originally Posted by Zorak
If $300 is a cockroach letter, I guess I had the $100 fly-in-my-soup letter. Also got the "United payment types are not available" message when attempting to use online, but I figured it was because I was trying to book a flight for my mom (which is expressly permitted)
Yes, you can book for someone else. Only thing to note is you must type in the last name of the person the cert was issued to anyway in order to validate its use. I've never had any problems using a certificate for my wife, who uses a different last name then me.
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