Originally Posted by
thetravelguy
With E-TKTing, PTA's are a thing of the past....I dont think they are used anymore...What you can do is have the cardholder present themselves at the airport and have the card swiped..>Then as long as it is an 'in person transaction' there is no problem...
However, if the cardholder is in one country and if the fare requires ticketing to be in another country, that is where the problem lies
PTAs actually still exist even with e-ticketing.
(With the use of paper IATA traffic documents discountinued, travel agents now have to issue a vMPD via BSPLink if they need to issue a PTA).
For tickets originating ex-MNL (and other cities in the Philippines) that are sold outside the Philippines, PTAs are still required. The only difference is that when the pax picks up the ticket in the Philippines, the ticket will be issued as an e-ticket.
This is due to a Filipino governemnt regulation where Filipino passport holders must pay a travel tax when purchasing tickets. This rule prevents Filipino passport holders from avoiding the tax by purchasing airline tickets outside the country.
A similar rule applies for ex-CMB tickets (due to monetary restrictions in Sri Lanka).