Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse

If you bought a plane ticket from Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air with your credit card, then your card might have been misused. About 1,500 people’s information has been reported that a call-center employee diverted some payments to a personal account.

• Reported from Seattle Times newpaper online busniess headlines, posted on Aug 7, 2008 – http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008097068_bizbriefs07.html

About 1,500 people who bought tickets from Alaska or Horizon airlines have been notified their credit cards were misused.

Alaska Air Group said a call-center employee diverted some payments to a personal account.

The Seattle-based parent company for the airlines said it notified police and is cooperating with the investigation.

Alaska Air said customers should review their credit-card statements for any unauthorized transactions.