Originally Posted by
jjglaze77
In my experience, ticket issuance is immediate on delta.com. After clicking the final purchase screen, I receive an e-ticket receipt within 30 seconds in my e-mail box. If that did not occur, there was some problem from the very beginning...
Not doubting you but that's a heck of a lot quicker than NWA.
When you purchase a ticket on nwa.com you will immediately get a confirmation email of your itinerary but the PNR has not actually ticketed yet. Ticketing usually takes anywhere from 30 minutes to several days depending on how far in the future your flights are. You get a separate, second email from NWA when your itinerary has actually ticketed. This second email shows your e-ticket number.
BTW - the OP says they tried OLCI at the four day window. OP, OLCI is only available 24 hours before your first flight of the day.
-RM