I found a great deal on flights to Tahiti for a few months from now on kayak.com. The flight was advertised as Qantas airlines. On the way there the trip included Qantas from DCA to LAX, then Qantas from LAX to PPT. On the way back it was Qantas from PPT to LAX, and then Alaskan airlines form LAX to DCA.
I proceeded to purchase the tickets on Kayak which actually went through airfare.com. I didn't realize this until after. I didn't think anything of it.
First I received a confirmation from Kayak.com that airfare.com is processing my ticket with Qantas airlines.
Then I got an email from amadeus.net with the Qantas flight information and confirmation numbers to use on checkmytrip.com.
Next I received an email from airfare.com with my confirmation number to use on checkmytrip.com
And then I received a final email from airfaire.com that had an itinerary and ticket numbers. This time it said the flights would be American airlines from DCA to LAX, american airlines from LAX to PPT. And on the way back American Airlines from PPT to LAX, and Alaskan Airlines from LAX to DCA. And why only 3 ticket numbers?
The times of the flight are the same but why am I on an airline I didn't book?
Then I emailed airfare.com and asked how I could select my seats. I was told to contact american airlines directly.
This lead me to googling airfare.com and there are quite a few horror stories. Most of them are due to the fees involved with changing or canceling flights. However, I am still very worried.
Tomorrow I am going to call airfare.com and ask them why the airline is not what I booked. Then I am going to call American and Alaskan and confirm my ticket numbers.
I mainly worried that something is going to go wrong and we won't have a seat on these flights. Should I be freaking out?