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Old Dec 15, 2018 | 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by ralphch
Can anyone else confirm this? And does anyone know if this also happens for only flights purchased through Orbitz (i.e. not a package)? Does the charge show up from the airline or the OTA?
package deals may come through as OTA billed. Flight only purchases come through as airline charges, possibly some exceptions for unpublished consolidator fares but even those usually come through as 'airline'
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