who is still using red carbon forms?
Feb 11, 2008 | 12:35 pm
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Maybe 18 months ago I ticketed JNB-KGL via NBO on KQ, handwritten red carbon... and the ticket was sold and issued in the U.S.
Feb 11, 2008 | 12:41 pm
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I am presently traveling on a handwritten red carbon paper ticket - an AA-issued DONE4:
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Feb 11, 2008 | 1:18 pm
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I used to work for Singapore Airlines (in 2002) and I noticed a lot of our tickets were the old carbon type. Some of these could be handwritten or printed on an old dot matrix printer. I believe the technical term is TAT or Transitional Automated Ticket. Sort of the last stand of that type of ticketing. I found most of these came from travel agencies and airlines on the subcontinent (big market for SQ). Our station, LAS (SQ operated there from HKG/SIN from August 2002 until May 2003) was also issuing paper tickets as for some reason the route wasn't set up for outbound e-ticketing.
With the IATA resolution toward electronic ticketing, and the US carriers desire to save ticketing costs, as a travel agent we received word that most US carriers are no longer accepting TAT's or handwritten paper tickets from agencies plating in the US. Most of the carbon tickets I see nowadays are sold as collector's items on Ebay :-)
With the IATA resolution toward electronic ticketing, and the US carriers desire to save ticketing costs, as a travel agent we received word that most US carriers are no longer accepting TAT's or handwritten paper tickets from agencies plating in the US. Most of the carbon tickets I see nowadays are sold as collector's items on Ebay :-)