2 weeks ago I needed to fly HNL-STL on my own dime and had to book this ticket a few days before departure.
Admittedly I don't fly much within the US, so perhaps this is olde news...
In any case, the price for HNL-STL in domestic F was USD1,300, but every time I tried to pay for the ticket, the price would go up to SGD2,400 i.e. USD1,900 (when trying to use my Singapore-based credit card) or around EUR2,000, i.e. USD2,600 (European credit card).
In other words, UA are pretty active in the area of point-of-sale discrimination - a little bit like let's say what we see in the Peruvian market. The only difference is that a non-US credit card holder would need to cough up a minimum of USD500 extra for this ticket...
I put the ticket on hold and thought I could get it issued at HNL airport when I arrived in the US - only to be told that they can't issue a ticket at the airport...
In the end a US-based friend got the tickets issued using his credit card.
In the 21st century, I feel this practice to be absolutely crazy - we are not talking about subsidised PSA / EAS flights, but a domestic F ticket. Why should the price go up if one doesn't have a US-based credit card?
Perhaps I should really just concentrate on putting all my miles on SQ i/o bothering with UA. :confused:
Admittedly I don't fly much within the US, so perhaps this is olde news...
In any case, the price for HNL-STL in domestic F was USD1,300, but every time I tried to pay for the ticket, the price would go up to SGD2,400 i.e. USD1,900 (when trying to use my Singapore-based credit card) or around EUR2,000, i.e. USD2,600 (European credit card).
In other words, UA are pretty active in the area of point-of-sale discrimination - a little bit like let's say what we see in the Peruvian market. The only difference is that a non-US credit card holder would need to cough up a minimum of USD500 extra for this ticket...
I put the ticket on hold and thought I could get it issued at HNL airport when I arrived in the US - only to be told that they can't issue a ticket at the airport...
In the end a US-based friend got the tickets issued using his credit card.
In the 21st century, I feel this practice to be absolutely crazy - we are not talking about subsidised PSA / EAS flights, but a domestic F ticket. Why should the price go up if one doesn't have a US-based credit card?
Perhaps I should really just concentrate on putting all my miles on SQ i/o bothering with UA. :confused: