1) Check your MS flight bookings often
As mentioned before, MS stopped selling our CAI-ASW midday flight for a while. I assume it has been sold out. Then about a week ago when I looked it up, I saw MS added a 30min stop at LXR! On UA My Trips it also reflects the change, and a request to accept the change. Note - if you dont accept the change for a long enough time, the booking would be auto-canceled by UA. I think AA does the same thing too.
Went on TripAdvisor to ask if this is frequent occurrences. The answer is NO. Speculation is that the MS needs to ferry some passengers to LXR but does not want to make a special flight, hence adding a 30 min stop at LXR on our flight. It may change back to original nonstop flight. Right now this change cuts 30 min from our tours after arrival to ASW.
So you may need to check your flights every now and then because I never receive any notification on this change either from MS or from UA.
2) Secured Payment to Travel Provider
The Secured Payment Link is a One-Time Use link good for 8 days. It expired when Payfort still not able to resolve its server issues. I had the rep resent a fresh link and made the payment last Tuesday.
Amazon Payment Services continues to produce error in its payment function, but thankfully does not affect the payment being processed. I used Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa, never contact Chase on foreign transactions. Payment went thru within seconds with text alert to my cell. Also received a receipt from Amazon Payment Services to confirm the payment made to Misr Travel. The One-Time Use Secured Payment Link when clicked, shows a Zero balance.
Below is the email I sent to my Misr Rep and his reply. Self-explanatory.