Does my fiance need visa in hand to buy plane ticket

[Mike and Atitaya 0]

Any help would be much appreciated.

My fiance was approved for her visa yesterday (wootwoot!). I was buying her a non-stop ticket on Thai Airlines from Bangkok to Los Angeles but when I was on the page to complete the credit card transaction a notice said "The owner of the credit card or Visa/MasterCard debit card used for payment must also travel. Failure to present this card at check-in may result in denied boarding." "If passengers are not credit card owners, please click here to observe the regulations and download the Form of Consent."

Click here gave me the following message:

Regulations for passengers who are not Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners:

1. Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners must download and fill in the Form of Consent (available for download at http://www.thaiair.com/booking/travelform.doc).

2. Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners may contact any THAI ticketing office in person or by facsimile +66 2 356 2222 to present/send the following documents;

a. Completed and signed Form of Consent

b. Signed and certified photocopy of Credit Card or debit card owner’s passport or identification card*

c. Signed and certified front photocopy of the Credit Card or debit card used in the purchase*

3. After the documents have been verified and approved, THAI will send a new itinerary with new electronic ticket number back to the email address as entered at the time of booking on our website, at no additional cost.

4. THAI reserves the right to deny boarding to the travelling passengers, if the above mentioned regulations are not fulfilled.

* Your credit card or Visa/MasterCard debit card/ID information will be strictly confidential, and will be destroyed once the payment process has been completed.[/u][/b]

I do not know what is meant by "signed and certified" and I have no desire to fax my credit card "signed and certified" to Thailand with my passport. I wired my fiance money to buy the ticket and want to know if she needs the visa in hand to purchase the ticket? She will receive the visa on Monday (Feb. 8), but was going to buy the ticket today or this weekend. Thanks for any feedback and out of curiosity how did other people buy their tickets when they were not in the country with their fiance.

Thanks,

Mike

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I've never heard of an airline that requires that you have the visa in hand to purchase a ticket. You usually just need the passenger's basic bio info and passport number. You WILL need a valid visa in order to get a boarding pass at the airport, though. They won't let you board the plane unless they know you'll be admitted when you get to the US.

I booked tickets for my wife (my fiancee at the time) and two of her kids after they were approved for the visa, but before they got their passports back from the consulate. I didn't have any problems. All you're really doing is reserving a seat.

[Mike and Atitaya 0]

I've never heard of an airline that requires that you have the visa in hand to purchase a ticket. You usually just need the passenger's basic bio info and passport number. You WILL need a valid visa in order to get a boarding pass at the airport, though. They won't let you board the plane unless they know you'll be admitted when you get to the US.

I booked tickets for my wife (my fiancee at the time) and two of her kids after they were approved for the visa, but before they got their passports back from the consulate. I didn't have any problems. All you're really doing is reserving a seat.

Thanks for the feedback! Much apreciated.

[Anh map 2,098]

Any help would be much appreciated.

My fiance was approved for her visa yesterday (wootwoot!). I was buying her a non-stop ticket on Thai Airlines from Bangkok to Los Angeles but when I was on the page to complete the credit card transaction a notice said "The owner of the credit card or Visa/MasterCard debit card used for payment must also travel. Failure to present this card at check-in may result in denied boarding." "If passengers are not credit card owners, please click here to observe the regulations and download the Form of Consent."

Click here gave me the following message:

Regulations for passengers who are not Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners:

1. Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners must download and fill in the Form of Consent (available for download at http://www.thaiair.com/booking/travelform.doc).

2. Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners may contact any THAI ticketing office in person or by facsimile +66 2 356 2222 to present/send the following documents;

a. Completed and signed Form of Consent

b. Signed and certified photocopy of Credit Card or debit card owner's passport or identification card*

c. Signed and certified front photocopy of the Credit Card or debit card used in the purchase*

3. After the documents have been verified and approved, THAI will send a new itinerary with new electronic ticket number back to the email address as entered at the time of booking on our website, at no additional cost.

4. THAI reserves the right to deny boarding to the travelling passengers, if the above mentioned regulations are not fulfilled.

* Your credit card or Visa/MasterCard debit card/ID information will be strictly confidential, and will be destroyed once the payment process has been completed.[/u][/b]

I do not know what is meant by "signed and certified" and I have no desire to fax my credit card "signed and certified" to Thailand with my passport. I wired my fiance money to buy the ticket and want to know if she needs the visa in hand to purchase the ticket? She will receive the visa on Monday (Feb. 8), but was going to buy the ticket today or this weekend. Thanks for any feedback and out of curiosity how did other people buy their tickets when they were not in the country with their fiance.

Thanks,

Mike

I had to do that years ago to purchase a ticket for my former mother in law. I imagine it is a fraud protection measure.

[JD63 4]

Any help would be much appreciated.

My fiance was approved for her visa yesterday (wootwoot!). I was buying her a non-stop ticket on Thai Airlines from Bangkok to Los Angeles but when I was on the page to complete the credit card transaction a notice said "The owner of the credit card or Visa/MasterCard debit card used for payment must also travel. Failure to present this card at check-in may result in denied boarding." "If passengers are not credit card owners, please click here to observe the regulations and download the Form of Consent."

Click here gave me the following message:

Regulations for passengers who are not Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners:

1. Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners must download and fill in the Form of Consent (available for download at http://www.thaiair.com/booking/travelform.doc).

2. Credit Card or Visa/MasterCard debit card owners may contact any THAI ticketing office in person or by facsimile +66 2 356 2222 to present/send the following documents;

a. Completed and signed Form of Consent

b. Signed and certified photocopy of Credit Card or debit card owner’s passport or identification card*

c. Signed and certified front photocopy of the Credit Card or debit card used in the purchase*

3. After the documents have been verified and approved, THAI will send a new itinerary with new electronic ticket number back to the email address as entered at the time of booking on our website, at no additional cost.

4. THAI reserves the right to deny boarding to the travelling passengers, if the above mentioned regulations are not fulfilled.

* Your credit card or Visa/MasterCard debit card/ID information will be strictly confidential, and will be destroyed once the payment process has been completed.[/u][/b]

I do not know what is meant by "signed and certified" and I have no desire to fax my credit card "signed and certified" to Thailand with my passport. I wired my fiance money to buy the ticket and want to know if she needs the visa in hand to purchase the ticket? She will receive the visa on Monday (Feb. 8), but was going to buy the ticket today or this weekend. Thanks for any feedback and out of curiosity how did other people buy their tickets when they were not in the country with their fiance.

Thanks,

Mike

You'll need the visa to get the boarding pass, not the ticket.

This is Thai Airways standard operating procedure, and yes is a fraud protection measure. You're safe to fill out the consent form and send it to them or your fiancee, or call and talk to them directly to arrange some way of verifying your credit card information and your identity with them.

[Peter&Jaime 1]

My father bought a ticket for myself and my husband when he got his visa. We bought the tickets from orbitz because when we tried to book the tickets using the airlines website we got a message saying the same thing as you got. We had no problems with the tickets we bought from orbitz and they didn't ask to see the credit card.