Originally Posted by
roundtheworld
..Of course all the US based phone lines a busy -- so I call SYD. Takes 5 minutes and we are set.
Was this a Sydney agent or a Manila one?
Originally Posted by
bnebased
..However US call centres now force me to ring MNL for actual ticketing (in AUD). My one straight ticketing adventure so far worked OK.
Same here - I have to call SYD or SIN or Poland

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So I usually build the itin on the 1K line and then just call SYD to transfer the CC information.
Recently I managed to even put my CC on file with 1K line and just transmit the "please go ahead, issue the ticket" with the SYD/Philippines crew

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