Originally Posted by
christep
You are simply not getting it. I have a PAPER TICKET. The issue is not changing the reservation, it is presenting an OPEN (PAPER) ticket coupon at CHECK IN to BA or CX or whatever (non-AA) airline that segment is booked on. I'm not always able to get to an AA ticketing outlet to get a new ticket coupon printed before I check in, and frankly I don't want that hassle anyway.
Even before e-tickets became "mandatory" I used to get hassle from a few places who insisted that they take the ticket off to their airport ticketing office to get a paper sticker put on it. Now I fear that they will want to charge me at check-in for revalidating a perfectly valid PAPER ticket coupon.
I fully understand what you are saying. I have the same issue all the time myself.
What I didn't understand is why you don't let AA do it. But you now gave the answer: It is too much hassle.
I will always let AA change the paper coupon
before I got to the airport and I just couldn't understand why you wouldn't do the same. Now I do.
I never show up with an open coupon ever at the airport to avoid this problem.