Originally Posted by
KARFA
Can I ask was there any complications when you made the BA booking? Did you call or did you do it online? Also any changes done to the booking once made?
Usually for any bookings made online you will get an e-ticket pretty much straight away. You should receive an e-ticket email within a few minutes. There are really very few situations where that doesn't happen. If you had to call or perhaps use a FTV then it can get sent off for ticketing which normally happens within a few days, but sometimes doesn't. Also if it takes more than a few days before they attempt to ticket, the CVV from your credit card can fall out so they can no longer take payment.
In terms of checking you have a ticket, usually as I say you should get the e-ticket email. Also on the BA app it does show a ticket number under the flight details - if it is blank that is usually a warning sign there isn't a ticket.
Thank you for your reply. No complications that I know of, I just made the booking online, added who was flying, it took me to the payment page and then gave me a booking reference. Then I went into 'manage my booking' and added in the passport information, but it said I couldn't check in online as that could only be done 24 hours before the flight. I got an email saying youve added the passport details but you are right, I didn't get a confirmation email. I suppose that should have given me a red flag but because I could log into manage my booking, and had the email confirming passport details had been added, I didn't think too much of it. My mind was pretty fried by that time!