impossible to book on AC from some foreign countries
Oct 20, 2019, 8:10 pm
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impossible to book on AC from some foreign countries
I am in Brazil which I visit 2 or 3 times a year and yet when I need to book a new flight on AC it is impossible. The site edition says to contact AC reservations but the link does not work.
I find this very unacceptable for anyone who is a frequent flyer, let alone a SE for 19 years like me. Frankly this problem has been around for years but AC has made no efforts to correct it.
AC you are losing out on a major ticket I need to purchase NOW to Asia. I cannot wait.
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I find this very unacceptable for anyone who is a frequent flyer, let alone a SE for 19 years like me. Frankly this problem has been around for years but AC has made no efforts to correct it.
AC you are losing out on a major ticket I need to purchase NOW to Asia. I cannot wait.
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Oct 20, 2019, 10:00 pm
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Oct 20, 2019, 10:17 pm
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I just VPNed to Brazil (Ip location shows Santiago, Brazil), selected location "United States" on AC's website., and tried GRU-NRT and was able to do a booking to the point of a credit card. So I'd recommend selecting United States (or probably Canada) and going forth.
Oct 20, 2019, 11:42 pm
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I don't think that is even necessary, as I just accessed from a Brazilian IP. However, I do think a VPN is a great thing for travel for unsecured wifi, getting around websites that hate whatever country you're in (GDPR, US copyright issues, maybe this, etc) and countries that hate whatever site you want to use.
Oct 21, 2019, 4:00 am
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I've had this happen when I was in Colombia.
I THINK if you clear your history/cookies/cache and then just change the site version to the Canadian one (or whatever country your credit card is attached to) then it would work.
I tried buying a ticket on the US version of the site from Canada because it was cheaper (as I do on the Avianca site...don't tell them!) but every time I entered my billing address as Canada it wouldn't allow it. It'd just kick me to the Canadian version.
It's worth a shot.
I THINK if you clear your history/cookies/cache and then just change the site version to the Canadian one (or whatever country your credit card is attached to) then it would work.
I tried buying a ticket on the US version of the site from Canada because it was cheaper (as I do on the Avianca site...don't tell them!) but every time I entered my billing address as Canada it wouldn't allow it. It'd just kick me to the Canadian version.
It's worth a shot.
Oct 21, 2019, 7:18 am
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I have never had issues booking AC flights on the AC website from "foreign countries". No VPN required.