Purchasing air ticket as gift

I am a US citizen in Los Angeles.

Is it possible, and if so, how can I purchase a gift of a round-trip
air ticket, using Mastercard or Visa credit card, for a Singaporean
citizen flying from Singapore to the USA for a couple of weeks, and
then flying back.

This will be taking place one week either side of Thanksgiving 2005
(Nov 24.)

If possible, will I be able to purchase online, or do I have to make a
phone call, or a personal visit to an airline or travel company?

Any advice, things to consider, tips etc. would be appreciated.

Miner2049er.

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I am a US citizen in Los Angeles.

Is it possible, and if so, how can I purchase a gift of a round-trip
air ticket, using Mastercard or Visa credit card, for a Singaporean
citizen flying from Singapore to the USA for a couple of weeks, and
then flying back.

This will be taking place one week either side of Thanksgiving 2005
(Nov 24.)

If possible, will I be able to purchase online, or do I have to make a
phone call, or a personal visit to an airline or travel company?

Any advice, things to consider, tips etc. would be appreciated.

Miner2049er.

You can certainly do it on aa.com, and you are not limited to flights on
that Airline. www.aa.acom

JohnT

Any advice, things to consider, tips etc. would be appreciated.


make sure that you get the name as in their passport 100% correct.

Is it possible, and if so, how can I purchase a gift of a round-trip
air ticket, using Mastercard or Visa credit card, for a Singaporean
citizen flying from Singapore to the USA for a couple of weeks, and
then flying back.

You can certainly purchase the ticket on any of a large number of
airline and travel agent web sites, have them mail you a paper ticket,
and then send the ticket to your friend, or have them send the ticket
directly.

It's also possible that you can buy it as an e-ticket where your
friend needs only show up at the airport and show ID, but call the
airline first to find out what ID they will need. Besides the
passport, sometimes they want to see the physical credit card to which
the ticket was charged.

R's,
John

John R. Levine wrote:
It's also possible that you can buy it as an e-ticket where your
friend needs only show up at the airport and show ID, but call the
airline first to find out what ID they will need. Besides the
passport, sometimes they want to see the physical credit card to which
the ticket was charged.

Doesn't seem like they've done that for a few years though.

I routinely fly out of Singapore on e-tickets and have never been asked to
show anything other than my passport.

miguel
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wrote:

I am a US citizen in Los Angeles.

Is it possible, and if so, how can I purchase a gift of a round-trip
air ticket, using Mastercard or Visa credit card, for a Singaporean
citizen flying from Singapore to the USA for a couple of weeks, and
then flying back.

This will be taking place one week either side of Thanksgiving 2005
(Nov 24.)

If possible, will I be able to purchase online, or do I have to make a
phone call, or a personal visit to an airline or travel company?

Contact the airline you prefer to use. They can either give you the
details on the phone, or maybe via their web site.

On 30 Sep 2005 04:37:04 -0700, wrote:

I am a US citizen in Los Angeles.

Is it possible, and if so, how can I purchase a gift of a round-trip
air ticket, using Mastercard or Visa credit card, for a Singaporean
citizen flying from Singapore to the USA for a couple of weeks, and
then flying back.

This will be taking place one week either side of Thanksgiving 2005
(Nov 24.)

If possible, will I be able to purchase online, or do I have to make a
phone call, or a personal visit to an airline or travel company?

Any advice, things to consider, tips etc. would be appreciated.

Las winter I purchased tickets from Helsinki to Phoenix for my
two Finnish cousins using Travelocity. Not much problem although
the tickets came to me and I had to mail them to Finland.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:09:41 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
wrote:


Any advice, things to consider, tips etc. would be appreciated.


make sure that you get the name as in their passport 100% correct.

Indeed. A good thing I rememebred to email ny cousin Harri in
Finland before I bought his ticket as he informed me his passport
name was Heikki Hatunen, not Harri.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

I routinely fly out of Singapore on e-tickets and have never been
asked to show anything other than my passport.

On Singapore Air's web site, they ask if the cardholder is the
passenger and if not, they say the cardholder has to show up to
collect the ticket in person, and they have a PDF of a form you have
to fill out and give the ticket agent in which you agree to pay for
the ticket even though it's for someone else.

I get the impression that third-party tickets have fraud problems.

R's,
John

John R. Levine wrote:
I routinely fly out of Singapore on e-tickets and have never been
asked to show anything other than my passport.

On Singapore Air's web site, they ask if the cardholder is the
passenger and if not, they say the cardholder has to show up to
collect the ticket in person, and they have a PDF of a form you have
to fill out and give the ticket agent in which you agree to pay for
the ticket even though it's for someone else.

Ah, I can't afford to buy tickets from Singapore Air's web site.

If it's purchased from a travel agent I'm not so sure the airline has access
to the credit card info. Actually, come to think of it, I usually pay cash
for my e-tickets these days.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 36 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu
Latest photos: Queens Day in Amsterdam; the Grand Canyon; Amman, Jordan