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Old Feb 6, 2020 | 7:10 pm
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Originally Posted by eigenvector
I wonder if this opens up the possibility of using a Canadian CC to buy US (or other) POS fares from the AC website because PayPal doesn't pass back the CC billing address or validate that it matches the fare POS country. That is the case for some other airlines that accept PayPal or other digital wallet type services.
You do need a US paypal account in that case tho. BTW, the only way to add a Cdn CC to US PayPal is to initiate a purchase using a blank account without any existing CCs attached. Paypal will allow you to add a Cdn CC to complete the purchase and skip the usual paypal billing address verification.
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