Originally Posted by
Leedsflyer
Argh! Never thought this might be scam (and I usually am very aware of financial scams), but that could well be an explanation; I searched the AC website for a phone number and failing to find one there, google and found +1 877 567 9137.
100% you were being scammed. Here are the top Google search results for that phone number:
I won't go on a rant about the rot economy and how Google's rapaciousness enables criminals like these, but you can guarantee AC and WestJet (their main competitor here in Canada) would not share the same phone number, and SteadyHealth.com should not be the first thing that shows up when searching an airline's phone number
Originally Posted by
Leedsflyer
Oh well, no harm done -- happy to report that I now have both BPs, and no payment required :-)
Sounds like you might not have fallen for it anyway, but glad you came to FT and we may have been able to help somewhat.
Do keep a close eye on your booking though. I'm not an expert in these scams, but the scammers definitely have enough information that they could cancel your return or otherwise make your life difficult. Hopefully it will all be fine, but better to be vigilant. You might also want to contact LX to let them know that your PNR may have fallen in to the hands of scammers and they should take whatever extra security measures they can before processing any changes/cancellations - I think I've read about people doing this to try to protect themselves in situations like yours, although to be clear, I don't know much about this.