Getting your spouse here

[SerenityHope 0]

Hey all,

How did you all proceed in actually purchasing the ticket for your spouse to get here. You see, hubby doesn't have a credit card (hardly anyone in West Africa does, it's a huge fraud risk). I could wire him the money to buy the ticket directly from the airline but that's a 60 dollar or so Western Union Fee. I would like to buy the ticket online with a credit card however, I heard from the grapevine that the traveler has to show the credit card to the airline attendant before tickets/boarding passes are issued. There is NO way that I sending my credit card through the mail. My husband is not an authorized user on my credit cards (I saw no point of doing this until he got there. Very few vendors in Ghana accept them anyway). I was told that I would have to go through a travel agent to book the ticket to use the credit card and my husband not have to present it when collecting boarding passes. Ok. How much of this is true and how did you go about purchasing a ticket for your spouse? Am I making a mountain out of a mole hill?

[johndecka 0]

Hey all,

How did you all proceed in actually purchasing the ticket for your spouse to get here. You see, hubby doesn't have a credit card (hardly anyone in West Africa does, it's a huge fraud risk). I could wire him the money to buy the ticket directly from the airline but that's a 60 dollar or so Western Union Fee. I would like to buy the ticket online with a credit card however, I heard from the grapevine that the traveler has to show the credit card to the airline attendant before tickets/boarding passes are issued. There is NO way that I sending my credit card through the mail. My husband is not an authorized user on my credit cards (I saw no point of doing this until he got there. Very few vendors in Ghana accept them anyway). I was told that I would have to go through a travel agent to book the ticket to use the credit card and my husband not have to present it when collecting boarding passes. Ok. How much of this is true and how did you go about purchasing a ticket for your spouse? Am I making a mountain out of a mole hill?

CAll the Travel Agency tomorrow.

U'll Get the Best Answer.

[childress_london 3]

I've had others pay for my tickets before and I've paid for others. The only thing you need to show is ID to prove you are the person whose name shows on the ticket. I've never heard of having to show the credit card before. Call the travel agent to be sure.

[Steve et Nathalie 0]

Although we aren't married yet I have bought my fiancee ticket on my credit card when she came in august and there were no problems. She only had to show her passport.

I've had others pay for my tickets before and I've paid for others. The only thing you need to show is ID to prove you are the person whose name shows on the ticket. I've never heard of having to show the credit card before. Call the travel agent to be sure.