A Quarter a Minute, or how I still don't have a plane ticket to Doha

No worries, I still have my ticket to Istanbul. It is just pesky Air Arabia. Again.

So, I called Capital One again, and they have a live credit card payment tracker (which is cool, and great customer service). However, none of my transactions were reaching them. Which means something is screwed up on Air Arabia's side. We even did a three-way call with Visa proper to see if they were stopping the transaction. (But they don't have a live tracker, so they didn't know.)

So, now, I have the option of... a) spending another $60 to get a ticket on Etihad Airways and save myself the trouble or b) calling Air Arabia (at $.25 per minute) and hopefully doing it over the phone.

As I'm sitting here with these choices in front of me, I think I'm going to go with Etihad. Did I mention the layover is 2 hours as opposed to 10? So now, when to leave Istanbul... January 3rd (super late though) so I can have a day to settle in.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So I just tried to pay for my flight through Etihad. And it failed! With the same screens that the other failed with... something about "Verified with Visa, you'll be asked to submit your password shortly." So now, I'm on the phone (and have been for 15 minutes now...)

ARE YOU KIDDING ME AGAIN? I just finished the call, and now, the "fraud specialist" just removed the blocks. Why wasn't I told this THREE calls ago?

Well, at least I'm just a poor college student with nothing better to do at 3am. Before I publish this post, we'll see if the transaction goes through. (I'm going to do the Air Arabia again. I mean, $60 is $60...)

NOOOOOOOOOOOO...

Those liars. This card still doesn't work. For either merchant.

I have an interview in the morning. I need to go to bed. I give up flying... I'll just wander my way to the Arab Pennisula. How bad can hitch-hiking through the Middle East be?