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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 3:53 am
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graraps
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Originally Posted by thetravelguy
As ticket distribution has moved to be 100% electronic
Has it? Somebody needs to tell the 4 different airlines that have issued me with paper tickets in the last year or so (last one being mid-August).

Originally Posted by thetravelguy
when I buy baseball tickets I receive them by e-mail as well but there is a standardized bar code which is scanned at check in whether purchased from a broker or the venue directly.
I've been to a baseball match in MAR and that system wasn't in place.

Originally Posted by thetravelguy
When I buy insurance from an agent, the insurance company takes ownership of the transaction and then e-mails or snail mails me ALL terms of the policy I have purchased, and the premium may be less than $1,000 a year.
Then you clearly don't buy policies from Norwich Union Short Term Insurance.

Last edited by graraps; Sep 12, 2008 at 4:00 am Reason: added examples of non-standarisation outside airlines
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