<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by christep:
A number of the bigger travel agents (such as Amex or Carlson Wagonlit) have ticketing desks at many airports.</font>
Ah, great idea!! A number of airport website also list these on-premise agents, so I assume that a phone call and a faxed credit card authorization is all you need to get them to pre-issue the ticket such that it's ready for your pick-up once you transit there...