Timeline for Electronic ticket with no printer
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| Apr 23, 2017 at 21:46 | comment | added | user541686 | @Calchas: I mean, yes, I understand that much, but that's like me asking you what the difference is between water and Coca-Cola, and you telling me the the difference is that one is brown/black and the other is clear/blue. Yes, I can see that myself... that totally misses the point of the question. The point is, why in the world are there two choices when there can be just one. Clearly both of them must have some advantages? | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 21:21 | comment | added | Calchas | @Mehrdad Your eticket is retained on a computer server by the airline (or the issuing airline if several airlines are involved). You cannot bring it with you because you never have it. You can print a boarding pass or a receipt but none of these are actually a ticket. They are just pieces of paper that allow the airline to find your ticket more quickly. | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 18:45 | comment | added | user541686 | @Calchas: Thanks but that still leaves me wondering what the difference between the two is haha. Like why do you need to bring your paper ticket but not your eticket when both of them are equivalent to the airline? | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 16:19 | comment | added | Calchas | @Mehrdad In the end the (e)ticket wins, so if your reservations somehow got removed or deleted from the system then the airline will have to do what it can to reroute you to your destination. This can and does happen, especially when several airlines are involved in the itinerary, or the itinerary was manually ticketed. That is one reason why regular travellers love apps that watch their reservations for them. | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 16:13 | comment | added | Calchas | @Mehrdad The ticket (whether an eticket or a paper ticket) is a financial document; the airline has to handle it in accordance with appropriate auditing procedures. Reservations simply hold space for someone; they can be made at will. It is quite possible to have one without the other. If you have "open" sectors on your ticket (whether an eticket or a paper ticket) then you can show up at the airport, and if space is available on the desired flights in the appropriate booking class, reservations will be made immediately for you. [Assuming you can find someone who still knows how to do this.] | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 6:41 | comment | added | user33319 | Couldn't you get to another printer at an internet cafe or something? It is United Airlines we are talking about, better be safe than sorry. You don't want to be thrown out with your blood all over your faded printout. | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 3:28 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/855986663457214464 | ||
| Apr 23, 2017 at 1:27 | answer | added | Mark Mayo | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 23, 2017 at 1:13 | answer | added | user13044 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 23:56 | comment | added | user541686 | @BenjaminGruenbaum: Out of curiosity, wouldn't a traditional paper ticket also require them to have the reservation in their system before they honor it? Or is the difference that they somehow have to honor it even if they don't see it in their systems? Because otherwise I never really understood the difference between the two... | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 22:46 | comment | added | Benjamin Gruenbaum | You don't need to actually print your eticket and bring it to the airport. It is enough to bring your passport and go to the check-in counter. Since the ticker is virtual - they have your reservation (based on your passport number, typically) in their computer. | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 20:09 | answer | added | Calchas | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 18:30 | comment | added | fkraiem | You can't print an electronic ticket; at best you can print a summary of the data it contains, for information purposes only. Did you mean boarding pass? | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 18:07 | comment | added | DTRT | What airline and from what airport does the flight depart? | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 17:58 | comment | added | JoErNanO♦ | You can ask the airline to print the ticket for you. Or you can save the ticket to a mobile device and have that scanned by the airline when checking-in. | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 17:58 | history | edited | JoErNanO♦ |
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| Apr 22, 2017 at 17:45 | history | asked | Eleanor Johnston | CC BY-SA 3.0 |