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Can you buy UK to US tickets with US dollars while in the UK?
I fly UK -US round trip to visit my elderly dad. He pays for the tickets,
giving me US dollars. But I end up paying in pounds and lose heavily in the dollars to pounds conversion. If I could pay from my US bank account I'd save. But I haven't been able to figure out how to do this (I'm talking online of course). Any suggestions? Thanks Doug -- Doug Weller -- A Director and Moderator of The Hall of Ma'at http://www.hallofmaat.com Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.co.uk Amun - co-owner/co-moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amun/ |
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Can you buy UK to US tickets with US dollars while in the UK?
Doug Weller wrote:
I fly UK -US round trip to visit my elderly dad. He pays for the tickets, giving me US dollars. But I end up paying in pounds and lose heavily in the dollars to pounds conversion. If I could pay from my US bank account I'd save. But I haven't been able to figure out how to do this (I'm talking online of course). Any suggestions? Thanks Doug Sometimes the airlines US website will allow you to book a UK - US return trip, and you pay in USD. I know that I have done this with United no problem. But you have to go to the US version of the website, and stay there. HTH, Hanne |
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Can you buy UK to US tickets with US dollars while in the UK?
"Doug Weller" wrote in message ... I fly UK -US round trip to visit my elderly dad. He pays for the tickets, giving me US dollars. But I end up paying in pounds and lose heavily in the dollars to pounds conversion. If I could pay from my US bank account I'd save. But I haven't been able to figure out how to do this (I'm talking online of course). Any suggestions? Thanks Doug -- Doug Weller -- A Director and Moderator of The Hall of Ma'at http://www.hallofmaat.com Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.co.uk Amun - co-owner/co-moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amun/ All sales in the UK are denominated in pounds. If you pay with any other currency an exchange rate is involved. There are no fares ex UK filed/quoted in any currency other than GBP. If anyone, anywhere in the world, issues a ticket ex UK the fare will be in pounds. Depending on the precise circumstances if you pay in dollars a box called "equivalent fare paid" may show some dollars. If you want to pay using dollars two things you might want to investigate, but I'm not sure they will be significantly better than your current situation: 1) Pay using a USD denominated credit card. Although cards charge a service fee their actual exchange rate can be quite good (but it pays to check with the issuer first). 2) Get you dad to contact the airline in the US. Although the fare will still be in pounds the airline will do the exchange and the rates are usually fairly stable and don't involve a service fee. He can then pay using his dollar card or a cheque or whatever. In the old days of paper tickets the airline in the US would conatct the UK and tell them to mail you the paper ticket - not necessary in these days of electronic tickets. The only thing I would say about this method is that you must be ultra careful that your dad gives the airline your full legal name, not some family nickname. |
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Can you buy UK to US tickets with US dollars while in the UK?
"Doug Weller" wrote:
I fly UK -US round trip to visit my elderly dad. He pays for the tickets, giving me US dollars. But I end up paying iunds and lose heavily in the dollars to pounds conversion. If I could pay from my US bank account I'd save. But I haven't been able to figure out how to do this (I'm talking online of course). Get a debit or credit card from your US bank and use it to book your tickets. If you use it at a US-based travel service r website, you won't have to pay the foreign-exchange fee. I've booked flights on US websites that originated elsewhere, athough some require a US address (use dad's). |
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Can you buy UK to US tickets with US dollars while in the UK?
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:17:02 -0500, in rec.travel.air, Rog' wrote:
"Doug Weller" wrote: I fly UK -US round trip to visit my elderly dad. He pays for the tickets, giving me US dollars. But I end up paying iunds and lose heavily in the dollars to pounds conversion. If I could pay from my US bank account I'd save. But I haven't been able to figure out how to do this (I'm talking online of course). Get a debit or credit card from your US bank and use it to book your tickets. If you use it at a US-based travel service r website, you won't have to pay the foreign-exchange fee. I've booked flights on US websites that originated elsewhere, athough some require a US address (use dad's). I've got the card, can you recommend some US sites that I can use for UK originating tickets and access from the UK? Thanks Doug -- Doug Weller -- A Director and Moderator of The Hall of Ma'at http://www.hallofmaat.com Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.co.uk Amun - co-owner/co-moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amun/ |
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Can you buy UK to US tickets with US dollars while in the UK?
"Doug Weller" wrote in message
news On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:17:02 -0500, in rec.travel.air, Rog' wrote: "Doug Weller" wrote: I fly UK -US round trip to visit my elderly dad. He pays for the tickets, giving me US dollars. But I end up paying iunds and lose heavily in the dollars to pounds conversion. If I could pay from my US bank account I'd save. But I haven't been able to figure out how to do this (I'm talking online of course). Get a debit or credit card from your US bank and use it to book your tickets. If you use it at a US-based travel service r website, you won't have to pay the foreign-exchange fee. I've booked flights on US websites that originated elsewhere, athough some require a US address (use dad's). I've got the card, can you recommend some US sites that I can use for UK originating tickets and access from the UK? www.expedia.com www.aa.com (show your address as in the USA) -- JohnT |
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Can you buy UK to US tickets with US dollars while in the UK?
"Doug Weller" wrote :
I've got the card, can you recommend some US sites that I can use for UK originating tickets and access from the UK? I like to use www.cheaptickets.com to compare fares. But I've relied on www.expedia.com (not the UK version) to book travel on non-U.S. airlines for flights originating outside the U.S. For some reason, Expedia seems adept at finding code-shared flights among /foreign/ airlines with significant price differentials. I recently took a flight from Athens to Frankfurt on Lufthansa for a price that was cheaper using the Aegean Air flight-code, which I only found on Expedia. I also used Expedia for a flight from Venice to Rome on AirOne at a discount to what its code-share partners were charging. If flying on a U.S. air carrier, I'd use that carrrier's website but give them a U.S. physical address, regardless of what e-mail address you use for e-ticket delivery. =R= |
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Can you buy UK to US tickets with US dollars while in the UK?
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:32:08 -0500, in rec.travel.air, Rog' wrote:
"Doug Weller" wrote : I've got the card, can you recommend some US sites that I can use for UK originating tickets and access from the UK? I like to use www.cheaptickets.com to compare fares. But I've relied on www.expedia.com (not the UK version) to book travel on non-U.S. airlines for flights originating outside the U.S. For some reason, Expedia seems adept at finding code-shared flights among /foreign/ airlines with significant price differentials. I recently took a flight from Athens to Frankfurt on Lufthansa for a price that was cheaper using the Aegean Air flight-code, which I only found on Expedia. I also used Expedia for a flight from Venice to Rome on AirOne at a discount to what its code-share partners were charging. If flying on a U.S. air carrier, I'd use that carrrier's website but give them a U.S. physical address, regardless of what e-mail address you use for e-ticket delivery. =R= Thanks to you and John. I shall try expedia.com and the carrier next time. Since I have a US bank account with a US physical address, it should be no problem. I wish I'd asked before. Just registered with Expedia.com and it works. What's interesting is with the uk site, US Airways is cheapest, with the US site, Delta is! Doug -- Doug Weller -- A Director and Moderator of The Hall of Ma'at http://www.hallofmaat.com Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.co.uk Amun - co-owner/co-moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amun/ |
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