<p>I buy the tickets for all mine all the time with credit cards they don’t have. Of course, most of the time it is SW. Never a problem. They do the on-line check in and the boarding pass and id are enough. If you do on-line check in I do not see where in the process they would even check the credit card. If you kiosk, you can almost always use the itinerary number. Just change the check in option.</p>
<p>I just checked SW and there was a price drop on the Sunday return flight for Thanksgiving so I made the change and saved another $64 in addition to the $10 previously saved. If I keep this up he’ll have enough credit for another flight!</p>
<p>Of course this is assuming the FAA doesn’t make them pull their planes for that little thingie that is not officially approved although completely safe…</p>
<p>One other tip as it gets closer & trickier to book flights…if your flight is short and they can get mass transit to the airport, sometimes the morning of a holiday is a really cheap time to fly. Worth checking if you are desperate!</p>