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only accepting payment by credit card for international flights? I say wake up ctrip,,, it's 2017! Lotsa people don't have CC. Your whole biz plan is that u are online sales. Learn how to take e-payments you fkn troglodytes!
6 years 39 weeks ago in Web & Technology - China
Just use your bank card.
. I booked an international flight with my debit on ctrip before.
ambivalentmace:
some of us don't like our bank account card number hanging out on some vendor's server for a hacker to go shopping.
computer security is a fairy tale
ambivalentmace:
that is correct, never bought anything online with my personal information, get some chinese assistant to buy it for me on her account and give her the cash.
diverdude1:
I used bank card on domestic flights,,, but they are claiming ONLY cc for International. At least on the English language site.
diverdude1:
How do I pay for my flight?
For international flight reservations, you may pay by credit card using our online system. For domestic flights, you can pay via credit card or PayPal.
However, PayPal payment is only available when booking a domestic flight departing more than 24 hours after the time of booking. We do not currently accept payment via debit card or cash.
biggj123:
Have 2 bank accounts and send money to the other and use that to buy things online, even if someone hacks it wont matter....or get a credit card like a normal person.even if you dont use it you should still have it for certain things...like what you need it for now.
biggj123:
You can try to find a ctrip broker and pay for it in person.
I love Ctrips IF I use it in Chinese, because the Chinese Ctrips website allows you to pay by using Wechat to scan and you paid in just a second.
If you know your way around Chinese sites and forms or by using dictionaries and only translating tools for copy and paste stuff you can make it work too.
I never use the English Ctrips version, it doesn't allow us to pay by Wechat
diverdude1:
wow,,, I didn't know the chinese site took wechat pay ! awesome! u used on international flights b4?
ironman510:
Works with any flight you want. Yeah a sneaky feature, wish they'd offer it to foreigners
I have no problems using C-trip (most of the time... I don't immediately recall a problem that was from their end.. had a few from mine).
One annoyance was knowing a cyclone was going to hit in 3 days, but I wasn't allowed to change to an earlier flight because it hadn't been "announced yet". So, I had to pay a change fee. Said cyclone ended up being the worst the city had had in... decades? Ever??
As for troglodytes.... I've tried to buy things from US companies via CC, and the tossers expect me to not just give them my card number (including security code on the back), but ALSO want a photo of ME, and the card... AND my ID!!! Talk about troglodytes!!!
Add to that the various VPN companies that want full information... address, phone numbers, etc... ain't the point of such things to be anonymous??
when I research flights, CTrip is one of the sites I look at ..never have I ever booked with them. probably never will.. have had communication with them... incompetent and useless is my judgement.
well,, why would the Chinese site allow wechat pay and the English site doesn't? they don't think any of us English speakers use wechat? fknuts they r.
anyway,, guess what Ctrip? I just booked a ¥12k flight direct with Qatar who DID take alipay with NO hassle. too bad u didn't get your cut Ctrip,,, haha.