Airfare.com Scammed the wrong Girl

Now I've had it.

I was mad. I was frustrated. I was downright pissed off that dealing with Airfare.com and their little credit card scam had taken up so much of my time.

But to respond to my request of completing the cancelation process by booking another set of tickets, putting a hold on even more money in my account--well, that not only says "Yeah. We admit it. We scammed you. And we have the power to do it again, so shut up."

So now I don't even have the right to request to resolve the matter? If I try I can expect to see reserves put on my account from time to time?

Did you know?

Technically you can't file a complaint unless the charge goes through. Meaning your card can be "charged" so the amount is held out of your account (frozen from your account so you can't use it) until the vendor places a final charge.  Eventually, if the actual charge is not entered, the bank drops the reserve. But in the mean time, you can't use your money.

I don't know about all of you, but I don't typically have enough cash laying around to purchase a pair tickets to Europe every couple of days or so.

Nor do I like the fact that perhaps my car payment won't go through one day. Or my mortgage.

And canceling the card wasn't fun either. I had a lot of online bill pays, auto bill pays, pending charges in place...you know. People I had to now contact and tell them-

"yeah. you know that bill I just paid? Well...um that charge isn't going to clear. So, yeah..."

So here we are. Me and the rest of the world. If you have ever purchased tickets from Airfare.com and this story sounds familiar- post it.

If you had the same thing happen, Post. it. Hopefully enough of you will tell your stories to alert people not to be responsible when that request for paperwork comes through. It'll cost you.

Or book in the first place.