"cc" <cpasuneadresse@spam.com> wrote in message 
news:cn1pa7$snt$1@bgsv5647.tk.mesh.ad.jp...
>I knew that's idiot to buy anything on internet if you live in town. I
> should have been to a serious travel agency. But it was raining, I was 
> busy
> (read : lazy), that looked cheaper... Well, I won't do it again.
>
> Of course, the price listed didn't include : the taxes+ supplement if the
> fly is on a Monday or Wednesday or Friday (anyway all flights proposed 
> were
> !)+ 3% if you pay by credit card.
> So that's not cheaper at all.
> I have the reservation. And it's written that if I cancel, they charge me
> anyway. I want to pay by card, as that gives me an insurance, among other
> things.
>
> BUT, now they say my international credit card can't be used for payment.
> The pretext is it's a from a bank in gaikoku. That means I'm trapped and I
> have to pay them in cash ? Or I can cancel and owe them nothing ?
>
> I believed that sort of things was over. I have been to many countries, 
> and
> they refused foreign credit cards only in Japan and Germany. I thought 
> that
> had evoluated...
>


Potentially, whichever airline it is might have its own booking agency. 
Lufthansa and UAL certainly do and I've never been quoted cheaper by an 
independent travel agent for just a 'plain' plane ticket.  And of course the 
airlines accept credit cards, all credit cards - which is why I buy direct 
(AirMiles on AirMiles).  Plus you get an actual ticket, not a voucher, which 
means one less queue you have to stand in at the airport.

Oh yes - and the airlines all have 0120 numbers.  But call during normal 
office hours - at Lufthansa for example you get passed to some moron in 
Europe after-hours and they don't have details of country-specific pricing 
and discounts.

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jonathan