Flight Centre Fights Hundreds of Fake Sites, as Bogus Booking Costs BC Man $2,280

Ihsan Abdul Salam (R) of Vancouver is seen in a handout photo on a trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Canadian Press/HO-Sam Abdul Salam

Ihsan Abdul Salam describes himself as a “loyal” customer of Flight Centre, booking tickets with the international travel company since 1995.

But when he went to a Vancouver branch of the firm to pick up tickets to Brazil he had booked through a consultant online, he was in for a shock—the $2,280 booking didn’t exist.