While checking in for a Kenya Airways flight from DLA (Douala, Cameroon), I was asked to present my original credit card used for purchase - which I stupidly left at home because I didn't think I would need it. Was sent to the KQ ticketing office to talk to the manager - but she was adamant that I had to show a photo of the credit card. I told her I didn't have it, and she suggested to cancel my existing ticket, and purchase a new one with the credit card I had with me - the conversation went back and forth for 20 minutes, getting me nowhere. I then asked her whether a photo of the credit card was good enough, luckily, it was.
All I had to do now, was get in contact with someone from home to send me a photo of it. I didn't have a working SIM card with 3G with me and was beginning to stress out. I tried connecting to the KQ wifi, but that didn't work, so I had to be creative. I managed to find an 'airport worker' and ask him to borrow his mobile phone for a wireless hotspot - in exchange for payment, of course. By some miracle, my partner replied almost straight away, and took a photo of her supplementary card and sent it to me.
I showed the KQ office worker, and she said that wasn't good enough, as it wasn't under my name, even though it was the same card number - and that she needed some form of ID from my partner. By now, we had 40 minutes to departure and I had yet to check in.
The man whose phone I used as a hotspot was long gone. I beg the KQ manager to use her phone (iPhone) to iMessage my partner again for her license, she relents. I manage to get the photo ID, and she checks me in with 25 minutes to departure. Had I missed that flight, I would have missed another flight to Kuwait on a separate ticket the following night which would have thrown my whole trip into jeopardy - as, understandably, there are only SO many ways to get out of Douala.