I am trying to buy some tickets originating in London from a travel agent there as they have much better deals than agents in the U.S. for the same flights. Problem is all the UK agents want a photocopy of the front and back of my credit card. I called my credit card co. and they were not amused. They said no way.
So now I am stuck between a more expensive fare and compromising my CC security. Any advice? Or does anyone know a travel agent in the UK that doesnt require this bizarre and dangerous authorization procedure??
Tried Orbitz. Gave them all CC info. and two days later got an email saying all the seats were sold and they made a mistake. I checked with the airline who said that they still had seats available. (Kenya air who also want a photocopy of the front and back of my CC if I want to buy directly from them). When I called Orbitz back to tell them that there were still seats available and could they resubmit the request, they just said "no". I wont be calling them again...
tkd: that was NOT a link to a travel agent. Just a generic web search engine.
So now I am stuck between a more expensive fare and compromising my CC security. Any advice? Or does anyone know a travel agent in the UK that doesnt require this bizarre and dangerous authorization procedure??
Tried Orbitz. Gave them all CC info. and two days later got an email saying all the seats were sold and they made a mistake. I checked with the airline who said that they still had seats available. (Kenya air who also want a photocopy of the front and back of my CC if I want to buy directly from them). When I called Orbitz back to tell them that there were still seats available and could they resubmit the request, they just said "no". I wont be calling them again...
tkd: that was NOT a link to a travel agent. Just a generic web search engine.