Using my cc to buy a ticket for my wife
I’m flying from the USA to AUH in a few months (round trip). I purchased my flight with air Canada miles. And I’m about to purchase my wife’s flight (exact same flight as me) with $ on my credit card.
I’ve been reading some horror stories on Flyertalk about issues when booking a flight for someone else and EY asking to see the credit card at check in and/or cancelling the reservation due to suspected fraud.
I’ll be traveling with my wife on the exact same flight, but not on the same itinerary. Is there any risk in using my credit card to buy her flight? I will be sure to bring the card with me on the trip. I guess my main (possibly unfounded) fear is that they could cancel the ticket before we get to the airport because it wasn’t booked on her cc and I’m not on her itinerary.
I could use one of her credit cards for the purchase, but it’s an expensive J fare so hoping to use this purchase to score a sign up bonus on a new credit card.