Wishing to Bid on Airline Tickets

[Naraku]

Good Morning,

I am looking to catch up with an old friend for a anime convention in San Jose, CA, and I am traveling from Philadelphia, PA. It is on Memorial Day Weekend (I know, a holiday doesn't help), and I want to bring my girlfriend along so I need two tickets.

Well due to a limited income I can only afford to buy the tickets if they were at or under $500 after taxes. Since the current tickets (at over 10 sites, including the well known ones) put things over $600 with taxes (quite easily), I am a bit concerned with my luck if I was to bid on tickets with a price at or below $500 total after taxes.

What concerns me most is the fact that it asks for my credit card information before I even know if I will be able to get flights at that price.

Do they charge me after they have secured tickets at that price, or do the charge me right now? If they charge me right now, if they can't find any tickets that match the bid price will the refund my money within the same day?

Since my income is limited this money could be used for other things, so I don't want it sitting in their hands for days after they have told me that they are unable to book us a flight.

Thanks in advance for your advice,

Fred

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Please start by reading your messages and clicking each of these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links... then reply to this thread and we'll have a look at your post above.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[tbone421998]

Your credit card will not be charged if they can't find any tickts that match your bid price. Your credit card will only be charged if they actually find a match to your bid price.