V-Flyer

I'm trying to book a flight but when I get to the payment stage it says sorry we are unable to proceed with booking ,please try again .
Is it something I'm doing wrong ? Any ideas anyone ?

3 times I've tried it now ,maybe it's trying to tell me something !

Try a different browser. I had an issue like this recently with Firefox and the "solution" was to use IE.

Has Mrs Blackey had a block put on your card???

tontybear wrote:Has Mrs Blackey had a block put on your card???

Lol , not that I know of but if she knew what I was trying to book she would be trying to get it off me for sure !
I'll try when I get into my office tomorrow then , maybe it's my iPad

Silver Fox wrote:Try a different browser. I had an issue like this recently with Firefox and the "solution" was to use IE.

Glad to hear it may not be me then !

I had the same message when I booked on Expedia last week. It was to do with a block being put on the credit card (Tesco in my case).

I immediately called the number on my card and they confirmed the security check and went through the recent transactions before unblocking it. The payment then went straight through.

About 15 minutes later I had the text on my phone asking me to call Tesco regarding my card.

I even had a card I use often blocked trying to book a flight on the VS website recently.

After speaking to my card issuer, apparently banks and card companies are seeing a lot of online fraud via travel websites now so are putting extra checks in place.

With a new credit card provider I have in the past phoned them up and pre-warned them that I'm about to go on a spending spree with a certain airline or such company. That way you don't have the awkwardness of your card being declined as they know it was going to happen.

Blacky1, recently I tried to renew an ESTA via my ipad.
I got right to the payment point, put in credit card details and then it came up "authorisation not complete due to payment issue"

I waited a couple of days just to see if it had been processed but then I pulled all the ESTA details up again on my laptop - completed the payment info again and 'hey presto' it worked.

My son had the same problem when trying to submit payment details to John Lewis via his ipad.

Probably a coincidence but it does seem strange.

Best of luck - what have you been booking this time then !

AlphaEcho wrote:With a new credit card provider I have in the past phoned them up and pre-warned them that I'm about to go on a spending spree with a certain airline or such company. That way you don't have the awkwardness of your card being declined as they know it was going to happen.

That's something I do before travelling abroad and sometimes still get my card rejected! Grrrrr

Mmm... I'm with Tonty, and suspect Mrs Blacky
Sleep with one eye open when she catches you out

DoomWolf wrote:I had the same message when I booked on Expedia last week. It was to do with a block being put on the credit card (Tesco in my case).

I immediately called the number on my card and they confirmed the security check and went through the recent transactions before unblocking it. The payment then went straight through.

About 15 minutes later I had the text on my phone asking me to call Tesco regarding my card.

Looks like I need to ring Amex in the morning then ,cheers

Hev60 wrote:Blacky1, recently I tried to renew an ESTA via my ipad.
I got right to the payment point, put in credit card details and then it came up "authorisation not complete due to payment issue"

I waited a couple of days just to see if it had been processed but then I pulled all the ESTA details up again on my laptop - completed the payment info again and 'hey presto' it worked.

My son had the same problem when trying to submit payment details to John Lewis via his ipad.

Probably a coincidence but it does seem strange.

Best of luck - what have you been booking this time then !

Trying to book To fly to San fran in October, going to do a bit of the west coast

Blacky1 wrote:.Trying to book To fly to San fran in October, going to do a bit of the west coast

Excellent idea. Grab an RV from El Monte RV, head south and just feel the love

Well I spoke to amex today and the problem isn't with them but she did mention about new iOS updates causing problems so I guess I'll have to try my computer in the office , unfortunately didn't get time to go there today and I can't do it at home otherwise Mrs B will find out !

Blacky1 wrote: and I can't do it at home otherwise Mrs B will find out !

And heaven help you when she does .

DL

Petmadness wrote:

Blacky1 wrote:.Trying to book To fly to San fran in October, going to do a bit of the west coast

Excellent idea. Grab an RV from El Monte RV, head south and just feel the love

Or grab a Mustang and head north through Oregon and to Seattle....or do both?

pjh wrote:

Petmadness wrote:

Blacky1 wrote:.Trying to book To fly to San fran in October, going to do a bit of the west coast

Excellent idea. Grab an RV from El Monte RV, head south and just feel the love

Or grab a Mustang and head north through Oregon and to Seattle....or do both?

You makeit sound like Blacky is going on the lam to escape his Missus!

DragonLady wrote:

Blacky1 wrote: and I can't do it at home otherwise Mrs B will find out !

And heaven help you when she does .

DL

But I've been such a good boy lately DL ,I think I deserve a break

pjh wrote:

Petmadness wrote:

Blacky1 wrote:.Trying to book To fly to San fran in October, going to do a bit of the west coast

Excellent idea. Grab an RV from El Monte RV, head south and just feel the love

Or grab a Mustang and head north through Oregon and to Seattle....or do both?

Decisions decisions

Blacky1 wrote:
But I've been such a good boy lately DL ,I think I deserve a break

And I'm sure those will be her thoughts too ( NOT!).

DL

Blacky1 wrote:

DragonLady wrote:

Blacky1 wrote: and I can't do it at home otherwise Mrs B will find out !

And heaven help you when she does .

DL

But I've been such a good boy lately DL ,I think I deserve a break

Petmadness wrote:

AlphaEcho wrote:With a new credit card provider I have in the past phoned them up and pre-warned them that I'm about to go on a spending spree with a certain airline or such company. That way you don't have the awkwardness of your card being declined as they know it was going to happen.

That's something I do before travelling abroad and sometimes still get my card rejected! Grrrrr

Happens to me a lot when I'm in the States. It takes a few angry phone calls and emails to sort it out.

Blacky1 wrote:I'm trying to book a flight but when I get to the payment stage it says sorry we are unable to proceed with booking ,please try again .
Is it something I'm doing wrong ? Any ideas anyone ?

Mrs B killed you yet? or have you managed to book the flights?