Originally Posted by
emcampbe
i believe for any ticket, the charge is only done once it tickets. However, they do always run a pending charge (which is different). Also, since UA flights typically ticket witthin a few minutes, no one knows the difference if the card is charged at booking or ticketing.
Yes, that's correct. I don't think this contradicts anything I said so maybe you were just clarifying
Interest note...I just booked an all CA-operated/coded itinerary on UA.com. It ticketed immediately and there was no warning online about needing 24 hours to confirm availability. So maybe UA has changed their handling of CA flights and no longer requires 24 hours. Not sure.
Also, someone above posted TK allows instant ticketing. That was not the case two years ago but things could have definitely changed. I had a wholly TK-operated/coded ticket get cancelled less than 8 hours after booking. UA said TK rejected the sale.
-RM