On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:33:46 +0100, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:
>
>"Hatunen" wrote in message
>news:be9r35lbafsghnp4pp3kd3alomr65egud1@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:19:13 -0700, Hatunen
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:40:36 -0700 (PDT), marco polo
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>hi all,
>>>>
>>>>I want to purchase an airline ticket for a friend, using my Credit
>>>>Card.
>>>>
>>>>Can I pay for it - and put the ticket in Her name?
>>>
>>>Check with the airline on this. The airline usually requires that
>>>the ticket holder show the same crdit card used to buy the
>>>tickets. Because of this, when, several years ago I bought
>>>tickets to visit us for relatives in Finland, I had to get the
>>>hard tickets and mail them to Finland.
>>
>> I forgot to mention this applies to E-tickets. If you've got hard
>> tickets no problem.
>>
>The advice to check with the airline is good.
>
>However, I doubt very much that you will get "hard" tickets (made of
>paper!). The industry has moved to e-tickets and they are well aware that
>people do buy tickets for one another and procedures are in place that allow
>you to pay with your card and your friend to travel without having to show
>your card. The likelihood is that another form of identification (probably
>the passport of your friend) will be used instead.
Could be likely, but I think he needs more than "likelihoods"
here.
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