Originally Posted by christianh
Thanks again for your input EDI! I just booked LIS-LAX on F - but with a small twist: Just for the hell of it I tried booking it online, although I don't have a portuguese card - and lo and behold BA's site just took the credit card anyway - just entered the UK address, and although the country said Portugal there were no problems! No call even needed.

That's just too easy...
Just curious ... Did you use Amex or Visa/MC?
It seems that if you use Amex you get around some of these restrictions on where the card was issued.