This is increasingly standard policy where the same credit card used for the booking must be used to complete the boarding or reservation. Daughter had a beach vacation reservation refused over this. She was told it was because of security and anti-fraud reasons. They would not accept cash. Such is our brave new world of digital commerce.
I guess but again it’s kind of silly to me. So you and only you can buy the ticket? I haven’t flown much in the last few years but flew almost 1 million miles between 2010-2018. Was traveling half the year more or less. I don’t remember them requiring the same card. I mostly flew Delta during that time and just entered my frequent flier number in the kiosk, and it printed the boarding card and baggage tags.
I have flown Southwest in the last year. They send you the boarding pass by text or email. No check-in required at all. And for that I didn’t even have a FF account.
Sure CC fraud exists, but it’s kind of moronic to use a fraudulent card and then show up with your ID. And this day and age, with so much technology, it just seems anachronistic to insist one present the same card for a ticket already paid for days, weeks or months in advance. Text/email alerts for suspected fraud? No other way to verify the transaction’s authenticity?