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what about when payment will be declined on check-in? will they allow flight and then demand payment or will they just don't allow to board? also what if check-
by Szpadel 4y ago
what about when payment will be declined on check-in? will they allow flight and then demand payment or will they just don't allow to board? also what if check-in will be done online day before and flight will be canceled? I think that there is a lot of corner cases left uncovered and available for abuse
- alkonaut 4y agoIf I were an airline I'd hook up a credit company middle man that pays the airline on reservation and owns the obligation. If the transaction on check-in doesn't work, then the customer owns the credit company money, not the airline who was already paid. This makes it exactly the same as buying the ticket with a credit card.
- nraynaud 4y agoit looks like it's called "factoring" in English.
- kioleanu 4y agoWould probably do what all other companies do: still provide the service and then based on the owed amount, they would send 3 warnings and then: 1. If the amount is small, just send them to Inkasso/Schufa, which will hinder their ability to close basically any other contract, from mobile phone to renting an apartment 2. Enforce collection through civil litigation via a lawyer firm 3. Sell the debt to a collection agency I think #1 would happen regardless
- helsinkiandrew 4y agoPresumably they would use a standard credit card hold - where the amount is verified and user has that amount reduced from their maximum limit and then the amount is only settled at check-in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_hold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_hold