AirAsia Crew Demands Passport Inflight After Odd Credit Card Incident (opens in new tab)

A longtime OMAAT reader shared a story with me regarding something that happened on a recent AirAsia flight, where he was asked for his passport after a strange credit card incident, where the lead flight attendant reportedly looked at his credit card for an exceedingly long time. He has asked for my take I actually dont have a good answer, so Id like to open this up to yall.