Does Emirates allow using Sofort Banking to pay for a ticket for someone who's not the account owner?

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According to SOFORT's official website, this is how their service works:

SOFORT is an online direct payment method and works on the basis of online banking.

And even more importantly:

Can I cancel a payment that I've made with SOFORT?

No. Cancellation of a transfer is no longer possible once the bank has taken receipt of the transfer order. If goods are returned properly, the merchant will refund your money.

This means Sofort Banking is equivalent to using a regular bank transfer to pay for goods, which is generally non-refundable and the security measures are a lot more strict. Emirates then has this to say on paying for other people :

How can I pay for someone else if the rules state that I cannot use my credit card?

If the country that the ticket departs from does not allow you to use your card if you are not travelling, depending on the departure country and the time before departure, you might be able to use another payment method that does allow you to pay for someone else. The payment methods that support this are PayPal, real-time or online banking, offline bank transfer, or Western Union.

Therefore it's perfectly okay for you to pay for another person using this method.

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