OT - Airline ticketing

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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"Al" wrote in message
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My son in law purchased a ticket for my daughter on United Airlines
using a credit card. The purchase was made on line. When my daughter
showed up for the flight, she was refused boarding because she didn't
have the credit card in her possession. The ticket agent, in Eugene Or.,
said "We have to see the actual card, after all, it could be stolen". The
agent did say, that my son in law, a Marine, could go down to his local
United counter and show the card there, and the agent there would mark
the box in United's computer, so boarding could occur. The trouble was,
United doesn't have a counter in Al Asad, Iraq. The kid is coming home
from a tour of duty in Iraq, and the plan was for my daughter to get to
MCAS Miramar to meet him.
After some very tearful "discussion", and I believe, a direct threat
of bodily harm from my wife, the agent allowed my daughter to board.
Has anyone here ever heard of this crap before? Aren't E-Tickets
usable? What was going on here?

Al G




I've traveled using e-tickets on 3 different airlines in the last 6
months. None of which were UA. I've been asked for Photo ID but not for
the credit card.

Was the ticket purchased on the UA website or a 3rd party. I'm betting
UA's on site.
I don't know Gig.

Al G