Originally Posted by
Nugget_Oz
Just from the OPs posts its likely that he/she has heard the few times American airlines have checked up on credit card purchases at the airport. It doesn't happen elsewhere in the world.
It certainly does - I have experienced it with Emirates. It's not universal however, and they appear to target countries where they deem there to be a higher risk of CC fraud.
OP. You are just not thinking straight. Please don't request your thread be transferred - it'll just open you up to more of the same from a new set of readers.