<p>I will arrive at JFK and then I have to take a connecting flight. The agency was unable to find me a flight within the States, so I have to buy it myself. I found a flight on Priceline.com. There I was told that I can purchase a ticket if I have a credit card with a billing address in the USA or some other countries (my country doesn’t belong to them). I have a Visa which I got at a local bank. I don’t understand what is a billing address, and the question is can I buy a ticket with this card and are there any other sources (sites) where I can get a flight. </p>
<p>P.S. The bank isn’t working these days, so I decided to ask here.</p>
<p>hmm… i think it’s better to book online using an airline which flies from your home to your final destination… the airline will get you the final leg of your journey using its code share airlines?</p>
<p>hmm… I’m flying to Philly… but the airline I use doesn’t… but I book using this airline to fly to Philly (sounds contradictory)… since my airline flies to LA… i’ll actually fly to LA using this airline and use United Airlines to fly from LA to Philly (the UA airfares is included in my airline’s fares- they ‘book’ for me)</p>
<p>It’s an anti-fraud measure. The retailers (in this case the airline or travel agent) can verify a US card (being defined as a card where the bill is sent to a US address). That is to say, if I entered my name as John Smith and my card number as 1234-56789-0123, they could do a reverse lookup on that number and see if it was registered to John Smith.</p>
<p>Whereas if I have an overseas card, then that lookup cannot take place. There have been a significant number of cases of fraud, where non-returnable goods (like airline flights) have been bought and paid for with stolen, or cloned credit card numbers. The airlines have to eat that sum. As a result, they tend to only except cards where they can verify that the name and the number match.</p>
<p>They simply will not sell to you if you cannot meet this criteria, but there are plenty of other travel agencies and sites who will gladly sell you the ticket.</p>
<p>Since you couldn’t buy the ticket all the way through to your final destination, you may want to consider planning to stay overnight in the NY area, and taking a domestic flight the next day. That way if your flight into JFK is late due to weather or mechanical problems, you won’t lose the flight that leaves from JFK.</p>
<p>There are three airports in the New York City area: JFK, La Guardia, and Newark. Has your travel agent checked the other airports? You would have take a cab from JFK to the other airport. </p>
<p>A billing address is the address with which you opened your credit card account, where your bills are sent to. If your country isn’t on the list, you probably can’t purchase tickets from that site. </p>
<p>You might want to try another travel agency to help you book the domestic portion?</p>
<p>Ummm… Barring a trust fund somewhere, I wouldn’t really contemplate a taxi from JFK to Newark for example (Easily more than 100 dollars, possibly 150). You can move around NYC via public transport, and save a huge amount of money.</p>
<p>I will arrive to JFK at 7.30 pm. Is it feasible to get a taxi at about 9 pm? My college is about 4 hours away from NY, and if I take a taxi I will come to campus at about 1 am next day.</p>
<p>You can get taxis at 0 pm, but the taxi fare to a four-hour-away campus will be unbelievable. Contact your university and ask them the best way to get there from JFK. Either the admissions office or the international students office should be able to advise you on your options.</p>
<p>You can also ask if they have any alumni in the NY city area who could put you up for a night and see you on the way the next day.</p>