Trip Reports - Almost trip report, RDU

Just wanted to post a few things from my failed trip from RDU to IAD. Never left due to fog at IAD but noticed two strange things. First, US pax being Rule 240'ed to UA had to have a counter agent stand with the pax and the agent had his tickets in his hand unless he was able to give them to a UA agent. I heard the US agent explain that he had to stay with the pax unless he was able to hand them off to UA which he was able to do and he told the pax to contact the UA agent who had the tickets. The same situation was occuring right behind me.

Decided to get out of line and decided to try e-ticket receipt at security and asked the agent behind me if that was OK. He said it depends but the guy at the bottom of the escaltor would look at it. He did and I got through screening in almost normal time and got a boarding pass at the gate. Flight delayed so long that I cancelled my trip.

Then I walk over to AA terminal across parking lot to ask about my early AM flight next week and asked counter agent about e-ticket receipt and was told you need a boarding pass and receipts are no good.

Strange that same airport but 2 different terminals have different procedures. Also what is it with transfer of tickets now. I hate to see how this works when airlines are in different terminals.