This is slightly off-topic, but FWIW the German railway requires that
you present the credit card used for payment if you use an online
e-ticket. The conductor swipes the card on a hand-held scanner.

In article <4a40d318$0$22546$607ed4bc@cv.net>,
Sancho Panza <otterpower@xhotmail.com> wrote:

BA still requires this, although enforcement is sporadic.
How do they handle PTA's?

First, I don't think it's even possible to issue a PTA on BA
through their website, so the point is moot.

Second, when I called BA to ask what to do in my case (buying a
ticket for another person, with travel originating elsewhere), they
suggested that I bring the card to the airport or BA ticket office
for verification prior to travel. Easier said than done, since BA
does not fly to my neck of the woods.

There are, without
doubt, fraud issues associated with credit cards that mean that, when
possible, all airlines like to see the card.

Except they don't.

I can't recall _ever_ being asked to produce the card
that the flight was charged to in probably 100 flights I've taken that
have been charged to a credit card.

Except some of them do. BA (occasionally), Bangkok Airways, Iberia:

You need to distinguish between what an airline says, and what they
actually do.

Don't care what it says. Badly worded. The IATA standards allow for
various forms of identification to be presented. There are, without
doubt, fraud issues associated with credit cards that mean that, when
possible, all airlines like to see the card.

In article <Nyt0m.5447$iz2.1867@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

There are, without
doubt, fraud issues associated with credit cards that mean that, when
possible, all airlines like to see the card.
Except they don't.

Except some of them do. BA (occasionally), Bangkok Airways, Iberia:

VS wrote:
In article <Nyt0m.5447$iz2.1867@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

There are, without
doubt, fraud issues associated with credit cards that mean that, when
possible, all airlines like to see the card.
Except they don't.

Except some of them do. BA (occasionally), Bangkok Airways, Iberia:

You need to distinguish between what an airline says, and what they
actually do.

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:09:44 -0700, SMS
scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

VS wrote:
In article <Nyt0m.5447$iz2.1867@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

There are, without
doubt, fraud issues associated with credit cards that mean that, when
possible, all airlines like to see the card.
Except they don't.

Except some of them do. BA (occasionally), Bangkok Airways, Iberia:

You need to distinguish between what an airline says, and what they
actually do.

Until you really know what they actually do, it's a pretty good
idea to go by what they say. And knowing what they actually do is
not something I'd assume just because someone on Usenet says so.

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?

thanks
marc

Except they don't. I can't recall _ever_ being asked to produce the card
that the flight was charged to in probably 100 flights I've taken that
have been charged to a credit card.

In article <Nyt0m.5447$iz2.1867@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

Except they don't. I can't recall _ever_ being asked to produce the card
that the flight was charged to in probably 100 flights I've taken that
have been charged to a credit card.

United demands to see the credit card at check-in:

http://tinyurl.com/muev2m

In message <h4730o$bg0$1@xenon.Stanford.EDU> shmat@xenon.Stanford.EDU
(VS) was claimed to have wrote:

In article <Nyt0m.5447$iz2.1867@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

Except they don't. I can't recall _ever_ being asked to produce the card
that the flight was charged to in probably 100 flights I've taken that
have been charged to a credit card.

United demands to see the credit card at check-in:

http://tinyurl.com/muev2m

If united does this regularly, the logical choice would be to simply not
fly United -- I don't plan on lending my card to the kids when they fly,
nor do I plan on borrowing my corporate travel arranger's card when they
book me (admittedly something I avoid, but it still happens)

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:10:41 -0700, DevilsPGD
DeathToSpam@crazyhat.net> wrote:

In message <h4730o$bg0$1@xenon.Stanford.EDU> shmat@xenon.Stanford.EDU
(VS) was claimed to have wrote:

In article <Nyt0m.5447$iz2.1867@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

Except they don't. I can't recall _ever_ being asked to produce the card
that the flight was charged to in probably 100 flights I've taken that
have been charged to a credit card.

United demands to see the credit card at check-in:

http://tinyurl.com/muev2m

If united does this regularly, the logical choice would be to simply not
fly United -- I don't plan on lending my card to the kids when they fly,
nor do I plan on borrowing my corporate travel arranger's card when they
book me (admittedly something I avoid, but it still happens)

As a datapoint, our granddaughters just flew here to Tucson from
the SFBay area using just the confirmation code we emailed them;
it was on Southwest.

In message <ulle659mb8lpbe81jgscht1dsougsbmp6m@4ax.com> Hatunen
hatunen@cox.net> was claimed to have wrote:

As a datapoint, our granddaughters just flew here to Tucson from
the SFBay area using just the confirmation code we emailed them;
it was on Southwest.

I fly all the time and have never been required to show a credit card
for anything (although I have occasionally checked in using my credit
card, these days I just use my passport)

I've also booked flights for several friends, family, etc and flown on
tickets booked on a corporate card not in my name for a number of
companies, it has never been an issue on AA, Continental, NWA, Alaska
Air, Westjet, Air Canada, and at least a couple more that I'm forgetting
right now.