Will e-tickets be next?
Sep 13, 2001 | 10:11 am
#2
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I hope so. Not only do I find e-ticket to be a pain in the ***, but being paperless; they make it very difficult for immigration, customs and police to determine certain things about the ticket that are clearly displayed on paper tickets (i.e. fare, method of payment, endorsements/restrictions, place of issue, routing, etc).
Sep 13, 2001 | 8:43 pm
#4
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Not all airlines are suspending the use of e-kiosks. Alaska Airlines, Continental Airlines, and US Airways are still operating their machines. I'm not sure about the other airlines.
Sep 13, 2001 | 8:48 pm
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E-tickets are here to stay. Airlines have invested staggering amounts in IT to support them. I don't see the connection between e-tickets and security.
Personally, I like e-tickets. I've been using them almost exclusively since they were introduced. I find paper tickets to be quite inconvenient.
Personally, I like e-tickets. I've been using them almost exclusively since they were introduced. I find paper tickets to be quite inconvenient.
Sep 13, 2001 | 9:43 pm
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I just had an e-ticket booked to go to ORD on Monday afternoon on AC, subject to ops. FAA notices require those passing through security to have boarding pass, paper or e-ticket. Suppose this means we can still check in at the clubs airside in the US,or at the gate, if we just have carryon. Hmmm. Now how to pack that DOP bag: no razor [I have a beard], no scissors [it'll get scruffy looking], no nail file, no corkscrew, no mini-xacto knife [I use for clipping newspaper and magazine articles]... "Be sure to get to the airport very early," were the last words of the SE agent. By the way, it took two rings to get hooked up with a live agent after being placed into the cue.
Sep 13, 2001 | 9:52 pm
#7
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Perhaps this is known already, but given heightened security measures it's probably worth repeating. E-tickets (theoretically) can not get you through the x-ray/security area on transborder flights, where you clear US INS/Customs in the Canadian Airport.
If this wasn't enforced previously, I'm sure it will be now. (Found out the hard way at YVR about a year ago.)
If this wasn't enforced previously, I'm sure it will be now. (Found out the hard way at YVR about a year ago.)