Paying cash for tix

What's the chance I'll get extra screening for an SAS flight,
IAD-CPH-IAD, I paid cash for? I had to pay cash because their
website didn't accept my credit card.

Scott wrote:

What's the chance I'll get extra screening for an SAS flight,
IAD-CPH-IAD, I paid cash for? I had to pay cash because their
website didn't accept my credit card.



Did you pay in cash over the website? Debit card?? I'd plan on going
through extra security, and then if you aren't required, then all the
more time you have to shop/eat in the terminal.

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:28:53 -0700, cj wrote:

Scott wrote:

What's the chance I'll get extra screening for an SAS flight,
IAD-CPH-IAD, I paid cash for? I had to pay cash because their
website didn't accept my credit card.



Did you pay in cash over the website? Debit card?? I'd plan on going
through extra security, and then if you aren't required, then all the
more time you have to shop/eat in the terminal.

Can you pay cash over the internet? What do I do? Scan the money in
and email a .jpg file of it? Or take a picture on my camera and said
that? Just kidding...

I drove to Dulles and paid cash at the counter and recieved paper
tickets. They (SAS) and Expedia, do not accept debit cards anymore.
That's what they said on the phone.

Just curious----if the website wouldn't take your credit card and you had to
drive to DFW to pay for the tickets, why not use your credit there at the
DFW counter instead of cash??


Scott wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:28:53 -0700, cj wrote:

Scott wrote:

What's the chance I'll get extra screening for an SAS flight,
IAD-CPH-IAD, I paid cash for? I had to pay cash because their


I drove to Dulles and paid cash at the counter and recieved paper
tickets. They (SAS) and Expedia, do not accept debit cards anymore.
That's what they said on the phone.

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:33:44 GMT, "George Greene"
wrote:

Just curious----if the website wouldn't take your credit card and you had to
drive to DFW to pay for the tickets, why not use your credit there at the
DFW counter instead of cash??


It was IAD not DFW. Though I may have worded it incorrectly, it was a
Check Card, not a credit card. SAS wanted a bank check, cash, or a
money order, or another credit card. I decided on cash just to save
time. Didn't think about the security issue until later.

Paying cash for tix

Group: rec.travel.air Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 4:49pm From:
(Scott)
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:28:53 -0700, cj wrote:
Scott wrote:

I drove to Dulles and paid cash at the counter and recieved paper
tickets. They (SAS) and Expedia, do not accept debit cards anymore.
That's what they said on the phone.

If your debit card has a Visa or Mastercard logo on it you can use just
like a credit card. You should check with your bank about getting a
debit card with a Visa or MC tie in.

Eric



"RAMPS @ NAB: 4/20/04: Napoleons Bar, Paris Hotel"

Eric Toline wrote:
If your debit card has a Visa or Mastercard logo on it you can use just
like a credit card. You should check with your bank about getting a
debit card with a Visa or MC tie in.

Visa advertises on USA TV that its Visa Check card can be use ANYWHERE the
VISA logo is displayed.

However, it seems that for the last couple of years, some visa issuing banks
have placed restrictions on merchants' accepting foreign cards or those check cards.

If you have a Visa check card and some merchant does not accept it, you should
contact Visa Intl or your own credi card issuer to complain.

If VISA tolerates this, then someone needs to take them to court for false advertising.

"nobody" wrote in message

Eric Toline wrote:
If your debit card has a Visa or Mastercard logo on it you can use just
like a credit card. You should check with your bank about getting a
debit card with a Visa or MC tie in.

Visa advertises on USA TV that its Visa Check card can be use ANYWHERE the
VISA logo is displayed.

However, it seems that for the last couple of years, some visa issuing
banks
have placed restrictions on merchants' accepting foreign cards or those
check cards.

If you have a Visa check card and some merchant does not accept it, you
should
contact Visa Intl or your own credi card issuer to complain.

If VISA tolerates this, then someone needs to take them to court for false
advertising.

Actually, a group of retailers including WalMart had a huge lawsuit against
Mastercard and VISA for making them take debit cards as well as credit
cards, even though the fees for debit cards with their logos were much
higher. Per the terms of the settlement, retailers are in fact not required
to take VISA or MC debit cards if they don't want to.

"nobody" wrote in message
...
Eric Toline wrote:
If your debit card has a Visa or Mastercard logo on it you can use just
like a credit card. You should check with your bank about getting a
debit card with a Visa or MC tie in.

Visa advertises on USA TV that its Visa Check card can be use ANYWHERE the
VISA logo is displayed.

However, it seems that for the last couple of years, some visa issuing
banks
have placed restrictions on merchants' accepting foreign cards or those
check cards.

If you have a Visa check card and some merchant does not accept it, you
should
contact Visa Intl or your own credi card issuer to complain.

If VISA tolerates this, then someone needs to take them to court for false
advertising.

IIRC, Debit cards in the UK (Not sure about the US) have a fixed fee per
transaction, around 45p, credit cards are a percentage ranging from around
1% to 4 %. Therefore for transactions of a low value, it is more profitable
for the retailer to accept payment by credit card.

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:42:18 -0500 (EST), (Eric
Toline) wrote:


Paying cash for tix

Group: rec.travel.air Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2004, 4:49pm From:
(Scott)
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:28:53 -0700, cj wrote:
Scott wrote:

I drove to Dulles and paid cash at the counter and recieved paper
tickets. They (SAS) and Expedia, do not accept debit cards anymore.
That's what they said on the phone.

If your debit card has a Visa or Mastercard logo on it you can use just
like a credit card. You should check with your bank about getting a
debit card with a Visa or MC tie in.

Eric



"RAMPS @ NAB: 4/20/04: Napoleons Bar, Paris Hotel"

SAS and Expedia both said no to my debit card adorned with a Visa
logo.