Originally Posted by mhtaipei
There is something fishy here. If you buy tickets on short notice these days, with AA or CX, they usually REFUSE to give you a paper ticket. Could it have been a discounted special fare? Either that or AA screwed up big time.
Not usually the case.....a month ago I had to leave for TPE on short notice, basically bought the AA codeshare on CX 873/872 as AA6117/6118 the morning on the day of departure. I bought the ticket on AA.com, used my CC and all, following normal procedures. The only ticketing option left for me was to "Ticket at Airport" which I did about 4 hours prior at SFO, before making my way to the international terminal.
I even have award tickets on e-ticket with CX issued by AA, but in this case, when you are purchasing on short notice, your ticketing options is only limited to paper ticketing at airport. I think this is what pertains to the OP in this case.....