Originally Posted by
Petrus
Anyone else actively holding off making any bookings with BA? I need to book a few trips, but have ZERO confidence in their systems. Why? From reading various analysis and reports in the tech sphere... it would appear their operation is not secure.
The options you could use include booking via an online travel agency, though unless fully based in the EEA you may not be fully protected there; alternatively set up a disposable email address and a disposable payment mechanism, such as a throwaway Paypal account or prepaid or preloaded Visa card. Shouldn't be necessary, and for all the hassle it causes - and I'm one of those caught up in this - at the end of the day BA are legally responsible for their own mistakes.
If using an OTA then not all of them are dodgy characters, Amex for example are one of the good guys, but you still lose some control of your booking as a result of using an OTA.