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[QUOTE=Leeroyko]G'day X. As reported before, i have now booked with CPA 4 times for my upcoming trip to the Phills using my Australian Citibank CC. No problems.
Cheers[/QUOTE]Maybe if you google "Cebu Pacific" + "credit card" you will realize that you've been one of the lucky few. You'll find there's a myriad of people from various parts of the world who've been faced with CP's website's credit card flaw.
Cp is very frustrating to me. Does anyone have the answer? I have gone through the entire booking process online even to the point of entering my 3 digit credit card secret number, and the transaction gets rejected. What a f'ing waste of time. I have tried several different cards that are accepted everywhere, but no results. This is from the US using major cards with good credit.
WHAT IS THE TRICK? Is there some way to make it work? CP has great schedules and prices. HELP ME!
[QUOTE=Amavida]Yes. If you search the threads the solution is stop whingeing to cebupacific & get on to the card issuers or credit card servicing company behind them.
AV[/QUOTE]
I have tried several of my cards from well known banks and still have not been able to book the flights I want through CP. I even called the banks to see why the charges were being denied, but they tell me an attempt was never made by CP to charge the acount. It's surely a CP problem. I just hope there are seats available on the flights I need to take when I get there in Feb. Love the country! Love the ladies! Hate the lack of infastructure!
Yella Man
[QUOTE=Yella Man]I have tried several of my cards from well known banks and still have not been able to book the flights I want through CP. I even called the banks to see why the charges were being denied, but they tell me an attempt was never made by CP to charge the acount. It's surely a CP problem. I just hope there are seats available on the flights I need to take when I get there in Feb. Love the country! Love the ladies! Hate the lack of infastructure!
Yella Man[/QUOTE]This problem was investigated by other members.
If you search the this forum you will see that they nailed the problem by contacting the credit card processing company behind your bank. It was found they have shockingly inaccurate information about you.
I use PI issued credit card & an Australian issued credit card & both have always worked. Interestingly, of three Aussie cards one works, the other's don't.
Example
Card 01 - ANZ Mastercard - nope.
Card 02 - Commonwealth Bank Mastercard - nope
Card 03 - Citibank Visa - Yep works fine.
With the greatest of respect i submit to you the problem does not lie with Cebu pacific.
AV
[QUOTE=Amavida]If you search the this forum you will see that they nailed the problem by contacting the credit card processing company behind your bank. It was found they have shockingly inaccurate information about you.[/QUOTE]This hypothesis doesn't hold water. As you can see from the attachment, one of my credit card is an original Visa card, issued directly by Visa, NOT by a bank, so there's no "processing company" in between. Still it is declined by CP, as is my Master Card which is issued by a bank. Like Yella Man, I called both Master Card's and Visa's Customer's Service, and after checking my records both said that no attempt had been made by CP to charge my account.
[QUOTE]With the greatest of respect i submit to you the problem does not lie with Cebu pacific.[/QUOTE]So how do you explain that CP is the ONLY company that declines my credit cards?
Having my own problems with CP this week, I did some research.
Basically, due to a scam a while back where CP staff were cloning credit card numbers over the phone, CP is pretty much blacklisted among ALL US credit card companies, banks or otherwise. NO US credit card *should* work on CP's website, although some banks (especially small ones) forget to check the blacklist sometime.
Because of the US blacklist, the majority, but not all of Western world credit cards will also be declined. Some foreign banks do not use the US blacklist, and thus are OK.
There are four ways to get around this little debacle.
1) Call the CP hotline in the PI (or call from overseas). I do NOT recommend this. They do not offer the same deals as the website, and honestly, I don't trust them with my CC number. One lady I talked to said at first "We don't accept any US credit cards," then, after I told her I would go to the CP office in Hong Kong, said, "Wait, actually we can try and see if it will go through. What's your CC number?" Ha, no thanks.
2)If you're in a major Asian city, CP should have an office near you. You can call them and book the ticket through them.
3)As I'm in Hong Kong, I went to a specialized Filipino travel agent (for all the domestic workers). I could pay cash, and the price was only US$30 more than the website, which is a decent agent fee. I would recommend doing this (going to a travel agent), as they will usually help you if anything goes wrong (as opposed to CP service which blows). If you're in Asia, going to a travel agent specifically for Filipinos is usually the best idea. In Hong Kong, I recommend Sally Filipino Travel Services in Worldwide House, 3/F, right outside Central MTR Station. They're even open on Sundays.
4)Probably only for the locals: get someone with a Phil credit card to book the ticket for you (which is perfectly okay with CP), although they should give you a photocopy of the front of the card to show as confirmation with the ticket agent when you check in.
Good luck.
Sorry about the previous post. As I came to this thread to post a travel plan, guess I should do that!
I'll be in AC starting from tomorrow the 25th until Tuesday morning if anyone would like to get together and have a beer on me. Always like meeting fellow ISGers. I'll have my laptop with me, so PMs are OK.
~Crazy Ami
[QUOTE=El Culion]This hypothesis doesn't hold water. As you can see from the attachment, one of my credit card is an original Visa card, issued directly by Visa, NOT by a bank, so there's no "processing company" in between. Still it is declined by CP, as is my Master Card which is issued by a bank. Like Yella Man, I called both Master Card's and Visa's Customer's Service, and after checking my records both said that no attempt had been made by CP to charge my account.
So how do you explain that CP is the ONLY company that declines my credit cards?[/QUOTE]
I just gave up. I need a ticket from them, but I am waiting until I get to Bangkok.
[QUOTE=Amavida]
With the greatest of respect i submit to you the problem does not lie with Cebu pacific.
AV[/QUOTE]
With the greatest respect I suggest you do a google search on "cebu pacific declined my credit card".
This company has either intentionally or otherwise blacklisted most foreign credit and Debit cards. They simply will not work on their system "verified" or not.
[QUOTE=WestFLA]With the greatest respect I suggest you do a google search on "cebu pacific declined my credit card".
This company has either intentionally or otherwise blacklisted most foreign credit and Debit cards. They simply will not work on their system "verified" or not.[/QUOTE]Actually from my perspective as an Aussie I know many Aussie banks black list whole friggin countries in Asia!
AV
Realistically what has happened is Lots of reservations were made on Foreign credit cards in the begining. When the Cebu Pacific submitted it to the banks for payment it was declined saying the transaction was fraudulent.
So the airline lost lot of money.
Now these problems can be corrected If Cebu Pacific Uses encrypted ssl system.
But I think they are too cheap to invest in the system.
[QUOTE=Sammon]Now these problems can be corrected If Cebu Pacific Uses encrypted ssl system.
But I think they are too cheap to invest in the system.[/QUOTE]Thanks Samon! This a a much more acceptible explanation of this conundrum!
[QUOTE=Yella Man]I have tried several of my cards from well known banks and still have not been able to book the flights I want through CP. I even called the banks to see why the charges were being denied, but they tell me an attempt was never made by CP to charge the acount. It's surely a CP problem. I just hope there are seats available on the flights I need to take when I get there in Feb. Love the country! Love the ladies! Hate the lack of infastructure!Yella Man[/QUOTE]YM, I just booked 4 tickets with CP last Saturday, Mindanao-Cebu-Clark-Cebu-Mindanao for 7 Jan. First, even here in the PI my US cards (4) wouldn't work. Had to go to travel agent after trying to book online for 1 hour:(
Second, due to the on going battle with PAL, both are offering discount fares and CP had very little flights available:( So, I get 10 hours layover in Cebu going and over night in Cebu returning.
Robb
[QUOTE=Robbaf]So, I get 10 hours layover in Cebu going and over night in Cebu returning.
Robb[/QUOTE]
You really have to hate having those long layovers that give you plenty of time to find a few good shags each leg of the trip! :D
Merry Christmas!
HW
Hey all you divers out there.
I am looking for a place to land for 7 days of diving, at 3-4 dives per day. Diving needs to be good for an experienced diver (me) and girls need to be plentiful. So far I am considering Puerto Galera, which gets great reviews from experienced divers (on Undercurrent for example). But it seems to get mixed reviews here for the girls. I have combed the forums (fora? ) and there are several comments that the availability is low/quality is poor in PG/Sabang.
So two questions. First what about PG/Sabang girl availability? This destination fits my criteria from the dive point of view. Will I be happy with the entertainment? Second question, are there better choices for location, for this happy 7 days of hardcore diving and whoring?
Thanks all, dive safe and often.