Comments on: This is your final warning: don’t buy airline vouchers online

By: kirkm

kirkm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:02:00 +0000

I’ve bought 3 vouchers, and sold 1 online… with NO PROBLEMS! Are there scammers out there, yes, but if you do your homework, use Paypal, and use common sense you should be ok!

By: April Chueca

April Chueca — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:23:00 +0000

who did your purchase yours thru? We are planning an international flight for feb to march, we will need 3 tickets and would not like to get scammed

By: Mark Rodriguez

Mark Rodriguez — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:58:00 +0000

I totally disagree with this article. I bought/used a voucher for my vacation last year and i saved 200. Use Paypal when paying and don’t buy a voucher unless you plan to use it right away as it may become expired and its harder to process a claim with paypal if you wait to long. Be smart and you can save big money.

By: jareb

jareb — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:19:00 +0000

I actually do sell mine on cl I do there picnics in phx http://www.bouncealot.com and we get a ton of them so call the airline to confirm it is legit before you hand over the cash

By: mark

mark — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:35:25 +0000

i disagree with the notion of not buying an airline voucher to save money. A few weeks ago my spouse and i purchased 2 vouchers from the same seller on eBay classifieds and was able to save $200.00 with no sweat at all. Here is what i recommend: 1st, pay with pay-pal this way if anything goes wrong you are backed 100%. 2nd, ask the seller how they obtained the vouchers, when they expire, if they are redeemable for any flight, as well as contact information. Make sure to store all emails as they can be used for legal purposes in the event that something goes wrong. I would like to say that while it is good to be a safe buyer, it is also good to know that not everyone out there is a bad person. You will often find genuine sellers in the online market who have legitimate vouchers to sell. I was fortunate to have such experience and i welcome anyone else to enjoy the savings.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:43:39 +0000

Thanks for the great post Chris. I have to disagree vouchers can be sold and should be if the owner will like to do so. A safe location to do so is http://www.vouchia.com, where you won’t have to worry about the validity of a voucher and where there are many interested buyers.

Check out http://www.vouchia.com!

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:58:08 +0000

Im traveling from philadelphia to eother chicago or indy around labor day with my mother. looking for some vouchers that might help

By: deb

deb — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:01:58 +0000

I am looking for american or continental voucher.

By: Marine Vever

Marine Vever — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:13:04 +0000

I’m sorry but i’m trying to sell my American airlines voucher which are transferable, and I am doing it very honestly!
So It can also work! world is not all black. Think before you wright so stupid informations.

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:54:47 +0000

obviously this is someone from the airline industry writing this article–very biased and guess what, i’ve done it and it has worked for me

By: Travel Guy

Travel Guy — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:37:07 +0000

I have used a voucher a few times as well and so far not had a bad experience. Always managed to save a few bucks and the voucher was going to expire for the person selling it as well, so he made a few bucks. Just do your due diligence and it works.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:45:21 +0000

I agree with Brett’s comments. I have already bought 2 sets of vouchers saving 500 off two separate flights (in total). Granted half of all listings I reply to are scams but it does not take a college degree to understand your being scammed.
On a side not to sellers of vouchers. THEY ARE NOT CASH so please dont treat them as cash (They have no cash redemption and expire within 1 year). If you get an $800 voucher for free from being bumped off a flight then I would sell it for $600. Dont list at $760 as your add will most likely be over looked by serious buyers because they are unfamiliar with airline policy and $40 savings is not worth any hassle. Remember you got it for free so its all profit for you, might as make the selling experience as easy as possible without headache and just get rid of it.

If you follow basic safety measures you have little to no chance of getting burned.
1. Do your homework and get to know the airlines voucher policy. Dont trust the seller as they might not even know.
2. Dont use your primary email address when contacting people off craigslist. Even if you acknowledge the scam and walk aways its already too late and they have logged your name/email address and you will get spam.
3. No online transfers or money orders. If your not willing to meet someone in person then this is not for you.
4. USE COMMON SENSE. Your the buyer. You have leverage over sellers as they have a time frame until the vouchers expire.
5. If you live in NYC or LA then most airline have a ticketing office outside of the airport. Meet the seller there and verify the balances with that airlines representative. Otherwise call the airline directly with the seller and confirm the value.

Good Luck

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:15:45 +0000

I’ve purchased vouchers online several times and used them with no problem. I’ve also used a single voucher to pay for multiple tickets, so I don’t really think that they’re non-transferable, and if they are then it obviously isn’t enforced. I don’t really consider it too good to be true; if someone gets a $400 voucher for free and isn’t going to use it, why not sell it and get $300 cash? In my mind it’s a win-win situation.

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By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:16:35 +0000

I’ve bought discounted vouchers three times off craigslist and it worked, although I input a lot of time into making sure I did not get scammed. A conference call with the airline is a good option, and a phone conversation with whoever you are buying from is important.