Question: Is Air Canada's website untrusted?
Aug 30, 2015, 12:14 pm
#1
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Is Air Canada's website untrusted?
Just as I completed booking a flight and confirmation page was loading, my browser blocked the page from loading, with a message that the website security was untrusted. The website was not the usual Air Canada domain (aircanada.com) but something different: aciframe.mytravelwurld.com. I called AC to see whether this did post a security issue (and whether my personal info had been compromised) but I could not get past the agent who said they had "no informatin" about this and there was no way to reach technical support or IT people.
So I'm wondering: do any of you know anything about this URL? I have booked countless flights on the AC website and never encountered something like this.
So I'm wondering: do any of you know anything about this URL? I have booked countless flights on the AC website and never encountered something like this.
Aug 30, 2015, 12:17 pm
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Just as I completed booking a flight and confirmation page was loading, my browser blocked the page from loading, with a message that the website security was untrusted. The website was not the usual Air Canada domain (aircanada.com) but something different: aciframe.mytravelwurld.com. I called AC to see whether this did post a security issue (and whether my personal info had been compromised) but I could not get past the agent who said they had "no informatin" about this and there was no way to reach technical support or IT people.
So I'm wondering: do any of you know anything about this URL? I have booked countless flights on the AC website and never encountered something like this.
So I'm wondering: do any of you know anything about this URL? I have booked countless flights on the AC website and never encountered something like this.
http://mytravelwurld.com/ - looks fishy.
Aug 30, 2015, 1:07 pm
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https://book1.carrental.com/dcweb/ap...AB_airca_TP_02
Very suspicious. Although it might be a travel site getting ready to come up online.
Aug 30, 2015, 1:44 pm
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Look at this:
https://book1.carrental.com/dcweb/ap...AB_airca_TP_02
Very suspicious. Although it might be a travel site getting ready to come up online.
https://book1.carrental.com/dcweb/ap...AB_airca_TP_02
Very suspicious. Although it might be a travel site getting ready to come up online.
To the OP's question though, I'm not aware of anything similar for flights... AC is an airline so they don't need anyone else to handle ticket sales for them.
Aug 30, 2015, 1:45 pm
#8
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The site that the OP mentioned actually redirected to that site.
Aug 30, 2015, 6:58 pm
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Aug 30, 2015, 9:58 pm
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Aug 31, 2015, 12:57 pm
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Thanks!
My thanks to all of you for jumping in to help me. So it's likely that after booking the flight, AC redirected me to offer me hotel and/or car for that trip. It was that URL that my browser put under suspicion because of an expired certifcate. I'd post a screenshot if I knew how to do that here...
If only AC had some way to communicate that to me, I wouldn't have had to bother all of you kind folks...
If only AC had some way to communicate that to me, I wouldn't have had to bother all of you kind folks...
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