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Apr 12, 2007 | 5:21 pm

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Originally Posted by sadiqhassan

Im holding paper tickets for travel in Jan 2008, I hope that it will be accepted for travel

FWIW, in North America, paper tickets seem to be nonexistant already. I have presented a paper ticket to a YYZ check in agent only to be asked "sir what is this?" The boarding cards also no longer have room for the flight coupon to be slipped in. It now has to be stapled on.

It depends on the airline. This month I've presented paper tickets to fly AZ, AC, UA and LH flights out of YYZ. At least in the case of AZ, they seem to have the slot in the back. And even before etickets came to be the norm, some airlines didn't have the slot in the back to insert a paper ticket and therefore would staple them.

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