Timeline for Booking flights for people on Fiverr and Upwork - is there a way to use my credit card to make bookings?
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| Sep 19, 2019 at 9:02 | comment | added | jcaron | @choster It happened to me once on Cathay Pacific I believe, quite a long time ago (for a ticket booked directly with them). It would of course be only if booking directly with the airline, if you book through a travel agent/other website the airline doesn't care. Nowadays if the airline properly uses 3D Secure authentication they shouldn't have the issue. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 8:13 | answer | added | user4188 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 4:13 | comment | added | Mikael Dúi Bolinder | How about a company card and insurance? | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 4:09 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 23:47 | comment | added | Traveller | @Nate Eldridge Interesting - I don’t see any mention of the cardholder having to be a passenger on the Air France UK website airfrance.co.uk/GB/en/local/transverse/footer/edito_cgv.htm so perhaps the requirement is country-specific? | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 23:33 | comment | added | Traveller | @kiradotee Yes, of course it does. The opposite is true too - to be reimbursed the OP would presumably have to disclose their own bank details. | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 22:52 | comment | added | kiradotee | @Traveller asking them to provide their bank details raises some security concerns, even though OP isn't probably intending to steal their clients details/money. | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 22:28 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @choster: See travel.stackexchange.com/questions/18019/… | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 21:21 | comment | added | Traveller | Leaving aside the ethics/regulatory aspects of this question, why wouldn’t you just ask the people you’re booking flights for to provide their own payment card details? | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 21:18 | comment | added | user29788 | You should ask about this over on the Money stack exchange, as they are more familiar with financial scams and rules, but this screams potential to go very very badly wrong for you with anything from large financial losses to prison time involved. | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 20:34 | comment | added | Traveller | In addition to the regulatory considerations raised in Zachary Lipton’s comment, I suspect you might find your credit card provider will identify a change in your card usage profile which could mean transactions get referred or even declined if the provider thinks they could be fraudulent. Using a personal card for what would effectively be trading purposes might also be against the provider’s T&C. | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 20:27 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | I'm curious why you'd want to do this. For credit card points/frequent flyer miles? I'd be highly reluctant to book flights on my personal credit card for strangers on the internet, as that seems like a way to be ripped off very quickly. If you're looking to do this as a business, consider becoming a travel agent, which is what you effectively are (depending on where you are, there are government regulations for travel sellers you may need to follow as well to do this). | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 20:22 | comment | added | choster | I have never once been asked by an airline to present the purchase card, though once or twice I have had the bank call to confirm the purchase (well in advance of the flight). Where has this happened to you, with which airlines? | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 19:57 | history | edited | DavidRecallsMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 18, 2019 at 19:53 | history | edited | user89966 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 18, 2019 at 19:53 | history | asked | Taylor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |