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Old May 30, 2008 | 8:58 am
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Cheetah_SA
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Issues with an AONE5 paper ticket

Yesterday I had our 20 sector AONE5 tickets issued - timed to squeak in before the 1 June deadline. Obviously it's a paper ticket. It was issued by a TA on BA stock. Pricing done by BA and the "extras", being BA, were almost 20% of the ticket price. (Just another data point for an AONE5 with one LHR stopover. But coincidentally it reinforces my - completely baseless - rule of thumb of 1% for each sector.)

But now I start to worry about some issues that puzzle/concern me. In order of concern these are:
  1. I cannot see the ticket number when I call up my BA itinerary. It's just blank. From past experience I am pretty sure this will result in all sorts of inconvenience like not being able to OLCI. According to BA (via my TA) it will take some time to propagate on the system because it's a paper ticket. Does that seem right? When should I expect to see it?
  2. The restrictions box says nothing on one ticket and only mentions AA AY BA and CX on the other. TA says the "line is too long so ticket wouldn't load and Galileo told me to leave it off". Will this bite me later when I want to change carriers/reissue?
  3. The baggage allowance goes from 3 pieces for BA to 2 pieces for AA CX and JL and 40kg for QF and finally 2 pieces for the last leg on BA. The rules say the piece system will apply so clearly this is wrong. But how many pieces should it be?

Would appreciate views on these matters. Probably too late to do anything - once the TA goes home today, no more paper tickets! Or so they say.
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