I remember in some of the smaller tourist destinations the queue lining for the reconfirmation of the return flights. These places may not even have SITA and use normal telex for sending information. That reconfirmed stamp on your ticket is proof that you flight has been reconfirmed and that your name should be on the passenger manifest. In one incident in India, a long time back `I was on a flight and when `I went to check in, the counter agent could not find my name. I. saw that my name was on the 5th on the list and told him so but he was adamant that it was not my name. I had to get back to the Captain( I know him well from the industry) and he had to giver the station manager a blast before I was able to check in. These things used to happen a lot in those days.