Originally Posted by
Often1
The different 016 number could be any miscellaneous charge, perhaps for the $300.
Although in the past for OP, had the extra pages matter have become an issue, the wife could have obtained a second passport or a renewal passport from the Chicago Passport Agency. All of the forms are available online and can be filled out online, printed and brought with.
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We thought of that, but then the problem is that the new passport number would not have matched the e-visa she had.
While an airline checking for two blank passport pages is (perhaps?) relatively low probability, it seems like a mismatch of the visa and the passport number would be guaranteed to cause problems either with the airline or going through Indian immigration. Seemed like a better bet just to go with a different airline and keep the passport. Which she did, without issue.
Originally Posted by
docbert
UA will assign an 016 number to basically any charge. eg, if you've ever paid to check a bag, check the receipt and it'll have a 016 number that looks exactly like a ticket number, and that same number will generally show up on your credit card statement.
OK, thanks for clarifying.