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I was surprised to find my airfare go up about 70% for a one way ticket from Mexico City -> NYC, after I submitted payment on the checkout page w/ American Airlines. It was the weirdest thing, payment was blocked and the checkout page refreshed with the updated fare and a note about regional differences related to payment, assuming because of the US address linked to the CC.

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This happened to me, Skyscanner quoted the airline's price as (let's say) 300 Euro, a 3rd party site qouted it as 180 Euro. So I followed all the ordering steps at the 3rd party site, entered my CC, hit pay, and the site said "Sorry, the flight is no longer available for that price. The new price is 300 Euro. Buy anyway?". I wish there was a button to tell them to get fucked...

I think this is a different phenomenon than the parent comment -- some of these 3rd party sites seem to update more slowly than the airline's pricing. I.e. it's rare that a 3rd party actually holds airline tickets these days.

It's just a lazy price check, nothing to do with US credit card. (I worked at such 3rd party site).

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