Originally Posted by
Viajero
Let's not get carried away with all these reports about the imminent death of paper tickets. As long as an airline issues a paper ticket they are contractually bound to honor it for the full validity period, or to exchange it for an equivalent e-ticket, if they must. I don't like paper tickets, but to think that if AA, say, issues me a paper ticket in December 2007, valid for up to December 2009 (depending on the date of the first flight), is going to tell me, when I show for check-in sometime in 2008, "tough luck viajero, your ticket is no longer valid", is simply absurd.
I understand, but am more worried about the endorasability of my paper ticket. My travel schedule tends to be quite non flexible, so if the airline that I am ticketed on is full, I can endorse the ticket to another carrier on departure. This is not possible if they convert my ticket to an e-ticket. An example was when I was flying on PIA from Karachi to the Dubai. I needed to be in Dubai a day earlier but PK was full. I presented my ticket to EK at KHI airport and flew that night without issue.
Cheers