We are all, once in a lifetime, the ones who take orders home. that the POS device is not we witnessed. The image of a courier looking for a signal in the house or on the balcony with a POS device in hand is not strange to us. Well, POS devices on airplanes, although there is no connection How does it work? After all, banks and POS device manufacturers cannot be hostile to motorcycle couriers.

Even if there is no limit, we can get our credit cards off the floor. thousands of meters high We explain everything about the system with which we can use it. Fasten your seat belts, adjust your screen so you can see it with your head upright, and off we go.

The onboard shop system has a name: IFC

Buying food during a plane trip We can use credit cards. This system is called IFC (in-flight commerce). While it is possible to buy things on airplanes thanks to this system, the system has limitations and limits.

Aircraft POS devices have their own memory.

Able to confuse signals in aircraft while in the air any publication should not happen. This includes the signals broadcast by POS devices. Instead, purchases are made with credit cards on airplanes, to the POS device memory stored. The slips we receive at the end of the transactions also contain the expression “offline”.

There must be local rules for this. for example in 2013 The Indian government has mandated the use of PINs for credit card transactions. Unable to verify PIN because there is no wireless connection. For this reason, cards could not be used on flights in India.

So technically even if your card has no limit They can be used for shopping in the sky. On the other hand, there is a limit for shopping in the sky, whether there is a limit on your card or not. Spending limits are regulated by earlier agreements between banks and airlines.

So what happens if someone goes over the limit?

What happens if you don’t have a limit? relationship between you and the bank. and depends on the general approach of the company. For example, if you spent 70 lira on the flight, the bank may not mind and register it as an ‘over-limit transaction’. In some cases, the flight crew will be informed that your payment has not been confirmed before you get off the plane, and they may ask you for a new card or cash payment.

Even if there is no problem at the airport, airlines like banks There are several methods to recover these debts. Depending on the amount, banks may contact you and define an over-limit transaction on your card. In the case of using a completely closed or invalid card, their approach is not so courteous, they will always receive that payment only through the court but through the asset managers.