[Loranubi]

Oh god online payment systems are the worst. And even good ones sometimes break horribly.

Once I booked a flight online by credit card and the payment timed out (or rather stopped at a late stage without an error). Afterwards the website didn't tell me if the payment went through or not. I called the airline and my bank and neither one could tell me if the payment was successful or not. Both just told me to wait a week and then check again... this was only around 5 years ago.

In the end the payment did go through, however if it didn't, I am sure I would have lost that seat/ticket. Lots of wasted time and stress for nothing.