Passenger warned after stranger canceled his trip using posted ticket information

KANIKA SINGH RATHORE,

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One traveler learned the hard way not to share airline ticket details Online After claiming a stranger used them to cancel her once-in-a-lifetime TravelAnd she’s now warning others to avoid the same mistake.

Melissa Doherty, an Irish woman living in the Australian outback, said she received an unexpected email Qantas Airways informed him that coming flight From Cairns According to the news now going viral, going to Singapore was canceled Tiktok.

Doherty said it happened after she excitedly, and perhaps “innocently,” posted a video celebrating her dream trip, showing her nearly 3,000 followers the flight booking reference number for her and her boyfriend, Adam.

With that information, as well as her last name listed on her TikTok profile, Doherty said someone was able to successfully cancel her flights without her knowledge or consent.

“I feel like I’m going to vomit every second, because I feel like this is the lowest point,” Doherty said. tiktok Clarifying the situation. “Like, how jealous can you be? Let me be happy. Let me live my life.”

Melissa Doherty said a stranger used airline ticket details she shared on TikTok to cancel her Qantas Airways flight from Cairns, Australia, to Singapore.

Melissa Doherty said a stranger used airline ticket details she shared on TikTok to cancel her Qantas Airways flight from Cairns, Australia, to Singapore. ,getty images,

in a follow up tiktokDoherty claimed that a Qantas customer service representative informed him that the cancellation had been completed through the website.

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“He said there was nothing else they could do,” Doherty said. “She said she could tell us what time it was done and what date it was done, but the system didn’t tell her it was done by me, or it was done by me [my boyfriend] Adam, or it was done by someone else.”

Doherty said she paid $1,200 AUS ($781.68 USD) for the flights, but the initial cancellation email said she would only be refunded $800 AUS ($521.12 USD).

However, she claimed that the helpful Qantas representative released the remaining $400 AUS ($260.56 USD), ensuring she received a full refund.

The woman said a Qantas Airways representative told her that her flight was not canceled by the airline, but by someone who had accessed it through the airline's website.

The woman said a Qantas Airways representative told her that her flight was not canceled by the airline, but by someone who had accessed it through the airline’s website. ,AFP via Getty Images,

Independent Qantas representatives have been contacted for comment.

The unexpected incident had a happy ending as Doherty revealed the couple rebooked the flights and are moving on from the stranger’s suspicious actions.

“To all the naysayers out there, yes, I’ve learned my lesson,” Doherty said in her video update. “Don’t trust people on the Internet.”

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