Purchasing airfare (within the US)

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miamiheatfan

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#83493 17-May-2011 21:38

Hi guys,
I'm planning to go to Nebraska at the end of next year.
I know it's still far far away, but i'm just curious.

It's easy to book a flight out from here to the hub at San Francisco or LAX.
But when it comes to booking an airfare from there to Nebraska, I'm quite puzzled.

The airline websites i've been to requires that the credit card holder have a US address in order for the payment to be accepted.
Same with paypal.

Any other way ?

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#470281 17-May-2011 21:41

have a search thorugh bing travel and see if they accept your payment.

http://www.bing.com/travel/?cid=homenav&FORM=Z9LH5

Do whatever you want to do man.

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#470290 17-May-2011 21:51

Hmm, still a no go.

"Customers purchasing with a credit/debit card must have a billing address in the U.S., Canada, U.K., or select countries in Latin America"

I'm curious ,how do people usually book/purchase airline tickets from here in NZ for travel between the states ? (say SF to Dallas etc.) ??

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#470293 17-May-2011 21:56

http://www.expedia.co.nz allows you to book airfares from anywhere to anywhere.

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#470298 17-May-2011 22:03

whats wrong with using a travel agent ? less stress ;)

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#470300 17-May-2011 22:05

l43a2: whats wrong with using a travel agent ? less stress ;)

True lol.

Just curious

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#470303 17-May-2011 22:12

http://www.americanairlines.com.au/intl/au/index.jsp
http://nz.united.com/core/english/index.html
this mite help too

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#470308 17-May-2011 22:16

l43a2: http://www.americanairlines.com.au/intl/au/index.jsp
http://nz.united.com/core/english/index.html
this mite help too

Tried those 2 :)

At the end it still requires the credit card holder to have a billing address in teh US ....wtf lol..

Frontier Airlines seems good :)

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#470311 17-May-2011 22:18

yea, another low cost airline :P

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#470312 17-May-2011 22:19

l43a2: yea, another low cost airline :P

But a good reliable one it seems :P

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#470316 17-May-2011 22:28

l43a2: whats wrong with using a travel agent ? less stress ;)

Usually much more expensive... Ive never found a travel agent that could meake a better deal than what I could find online.

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#470320 17-May-2011 22:36

Expedia is good, I booked flights from SFO to DC, NYC to LAX, yes they are hub flights but you can book anything, ensure you play with the days as you can save a lot choosing cheap days, i.e. avoiding Business days.

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#470321 17-May-2011 22:38

tdgeek: Expedia is good, I booked flights from SFO to DC, NYC to LAX, yes they are hub flights but you can book anything, ensure you play with the days as you can save a lot choosing cheap days, i.e. avoiding Business days.

Okie thanks. Noted :)

Just wanted to make sure that you can pay with credit card without a US Billing address , thats all lol.

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#470329 17-May-2011 22:51

expedia.co.nz is a kiwi based site, hence no worries with creditcards with kiwi billing addresses

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#470331 17-May-2011 22:52

tdgeek: expedia.co.nz is a kiwi based site, hence no worries with creditcards with kiwi billing addresses

Sweet thx :)

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#470353 17-May-2011 23:35

I managed to book flights directly on the airline websites using a NZ credit card just over a year ago.

I used Southwest, United and Virgin America successfully.

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