You are missing the point. To the customer, there wouldn't be anything to know to work around. Delta has to have a plan in place when they think they want the credit card for fraud purposes and the customer doesn't have it. Maybe they are good enough to figure out when it really is a fraud. But I am betting their success rate is less than 100%.
Yes there is. You must repurchase the ticket using a card you have on you. (Same price, not walkup fare) They refund the first ticket.
danny247
Feb 21, 2021 5:59 pm
Originally Posted by Kaitijane Blumberg
(Post 33041445)
If it is a surprise ticket that I don't want them to see on their account. Can I just eat the skymiles and purchase the ticket anyways?
Yes. And then after you've traveled, you can request past-flight credit so you still don't lose out on the miles.
49penguins
Feb 21, 2021 6:52 pm
Originally Posted by rylan
(Post 33041431)
If they put your skymiles number on the ticket when they purchase it, then yes it will show up in your account.
Otherwise it won't show up anywhere unless you do a search by name with the booking record number.
Thanks for info! (I literally came to FT tonight to find out if I could surprise a fam member with a ticket bought with my miles- don’t want it showing up in their DL account and ruining the surprise)
rylan
Feb 22, 2021 9:10 am
You can also always add the number once they know about the surprise too.
