nalf
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Post by nalf on Sept 19, 2006 17:53:56 GMT -5
Morning! I picked up my ticket to Paris yesterday and found it to be an e-ticket. Given that when I travel in Australia and use e-tickets I only need to present my drivers licence at the check in counter, I am wondering whether it is the same go for international flights. It is rather a bulky document to carry in a money belt (nothing like the 'old' paper thin plane tickets I remember from last time I went overseas!).
I guess what I am asking is do I have to cart this document with me, or do I just use my passport (and other id) to check in, not only in Sydney, but in Bangkok when I leave there and in Rome when I leave there to fly home.
Does anyone else have an experience with e-tickets?
Nad.
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Post by pointofnoreturn on Sept 19, 2006 18:21:00 GMT -5
All airlines are starting to go with e-tickets now and gradually getting rid of the paper tickets.
1. Print out your ticket (usually before you print out the ticket, you indicate how many bags you are bringing, etc)
Note: This is the case when you book flights online.
2. Bring your e-ticket, passport and other photo ID with you and present it to the person at the airline counter
3. She'll take your e-ticket and replace it with a formal boarding pass (sometimes you get the ticket back but it depends on the airline)
I would probably carry all the printed out e-tickets with me and stuff them somewhere in my bag just for future pre-cautions when you're at the airports.
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Post by herrbert on Sept 20, 2006 18:13:51 GMT -5
On my last travel, I made prints from my tickets, and my reservations and put them in a map, this way you have them with you, but in fact none of the airline within Europe asked me for a print out, they just check your pasport (or ID-card), and if your name is in their system, and matches their data, they will give you a boarding pass.
Just to be sure, make a print out. (it's also good if you want to be sure, about flightnumbers, times etc.)
If you don't want to walk around with a lot of papers, you could just leave the confirmation-mail, on your mailserver, so that you can access it from you webmail. In this case you can make a print, at the place you are staying, and you are ready for the next stage. (you can also do this, as an emergency back-up, in case you loose the prints)
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Post by me on Sept 20, 2006 20:58:54 GMT -5
interesting. on Southwest, the granddaddy of low cost airlines still flying, it's mostly machine based. to check in, you insert the credit card with which you bought the ticket online to an "ATM" [automatic ticket machine], it then prints your boarding pass.
the personel at the gate check your photo-id before you get on the plane.
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Post by herrbert on Sept 21, 2006 13:52:53 GMT -5
interesting. on Southwest, the granddaddy of low cost airlines still flying, it's mostly machine based. to check in, you insert the credit card with which you bought the ticket online to an "ATM" [automatic ticket machine], it then prints your boarding pass. the personel at the gate check your photo-id before you get on the plane. A couple of airlines (Including Lufthansa and Air Berlin), offer the same service. I still haven't tried it. (I can try tomorrow as I am off to see a friend that lives in Madrid.  |
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