"Steve Foley" wrote:
"Al" wrote in message
...
My son in law purchased a ticket for my daughter on United
Airlines
using a credit card.

At some point I was told that I would have to show the cc when I
showed up for the flight. I don't really remember the circumstances,
as I had the card in my pocket, but I know it happens.

It's a self-defeating requirement when you consider that some businesses
pay for their employee's tickets. The employee is unlikely to have the CC
that was used to pay for the ticket.

The only place I could find on United's web site that mentions you may
need to show _a_ credit card is he

http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,51133,00.html

"For domestic flights – all passengers 18 and older are required to
present valid and unexpired government-issued photo identification.
(federal, state or local). For example: driver’s license or passport.
All customers must carry government-issued identification with them at
all times and may be asked to show identification during boarding.

In the absence of government-issued photo identification, two forms of
identification are required. One must be government issued. Example:
Social security card and credit card.

Customers without proper identification may be subject to additional
security screening procedures."

So if the daughter had a proper ID, the need to present _the_ credit card
that was used to purchase the ticket does not appear to be on United's
web site. So even if the credit card company is asking the merchant (in
this case United) to require presentation of the credit card before
boarding (to limit CC fraud) the merchant seems to be inconsistent in its
application and is not mentioning the possibility to its customers where
one would expect to find it.

So yeah, United seems to have treated Al's daughter pretty unfairly.