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Location: London, England.
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Foreign credit card acceptance. (domestic flights)
I just checked with ixigo.com and this is the latest info they have on airlines that fly domestic routes, and if they accept foreign credit cards.
Air India YES Indian Airlines NO (merged with Air India, so why not?) Jet Airways YES Kingfisher YES MDLR Airlines NO Paramount NO Low cost airlines. Air India Express YES Deccan YES Go Air YES Indigo YES (see post 7) JetLite YES Spicejet YES Jagson Airlines - if anyone ever sees a Jagson flight, let me know, apparently they're still in business, but none of their flights seem to exist, and the only info from the website says "no availability for that day, please try the next day" - and it says that for all routes and for every day, maybe they're just the most successful airline in the world. ![]() If you want to book a flight on an airline that won't accept your credit card, try cleartrip.com, I have not used them, but other indiamike members have without problems, I also don't know anything about their charges, I think the charge is small, but others can confirm this or give more info. Here's more info about cleartrip and the cards they accept. http://blog.cleartrip.com/journal/20...dit-cards.html If anyone gets any updated info, please reply to this thread. A
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the riff raff....
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Location: New Delhi
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perhaps the paperwork hasn't been completed yet! or - possibly they have two different electronic clearing systems so one can process foreign cards, the other can't. |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Stoke-On-Trent
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Suprised Goair are now not accepting foreign credit cards. Had no problems at Xmas.
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Murcia - Spain
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Great info Steven. Seems that thinghs are changing so quickly
that we are never sure.Thanks for sharing. Jorge |
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Newbie Indie Wannabe
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: California & Canada
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Thanks for the list, Steven!
I was "unpleasantly" surprised on a few occasions when trying to book domestic flights online. Then, after the shock, I called/emailed my trusty "inside" guy at makemytrip.com (Mr. Deepak Sharma). But I too am surprised that Indian Airlines is still not taking foreign credit cards. Cheers! |
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I've sent 6 e-mails, one to each of those with a NO next to their name, and one to Jagson, hopefully I'll have replies to all of them by monday (though my e-mail address has been having problems for months). |
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2 replies so far (to an e-mail address I haven't used for ages, I'll never understand computers
).Indian Airlines still not accepting International credit cards, though they hope this will change soon. IndiGo now accept International credit cards, they sent the following reply.... Quote:
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I'm still waiting for a reply from Paramount (business class only airline flying routes in the south of India) and MDLR (Chandigarh based, with flights from Delhi to Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Ranchi & Kolkata) and Jagson (invisible airline flying invisible routes). |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: RIGA
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Hi!
Well, this might sound stupid... but I hope someone would answer this...
I and my children are not Indian citizens. When I try to buy Indian Airlines tickets online through yatra.com I am required to select the option: "I am an Indian National/Resident By checking this box I confirm that I have read and agreed to the Terms and Conditions." So, does this mean that all foreigners must pay in USD rates and not in INR rates? |
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: kolkata india
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Who said Indian Airlines does not accept International Credit card...They have been accepting it for ages,only if you buy the ticket outside India,only dollar fare would be quoted.They accept all international Master/Visa and Amex Card.
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Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Chennai, India
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Suggest that you check out the many, many problems that members have been posting about, abhijit.
My latest problem, towards the end of last year with a flight to Hyderabad, was they would not accept a foreign credit card or an Indian Debit card. for online booking that seems to me to be ridiculous. I applied for an Indian credit card just for the next time.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: kolkata india
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I am sorry to note that.But,on line or from the office, both credit and debit cards are accpetable in Indian Airines now Air India.I guess,that was a card related problem in the system and the same may occur in case of Indian cards also as I have experienced that sometimes it refused to accept and on occassions the card was accepted but no ticket was generated.
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Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Chennai, India
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No... this was an absolute non-acceptance of either my British Mastercard or my Axis debit card.
There's no point in going further, as I can't remember the other essential details like which airline it was, but I seem to remember that we needed several long telephone calls to the airline to buy our ticket. |
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