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Airline Tickets:
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Airline ticket
An Airline ticket generally refers to a document created by an airline or a
travel agent to confirm that an individual has purchased a seat on an
airplane. This document is then used to obtain a boarding pass at the
airport. Then with the boarding pass and the attached ticket, the passenger
is allowed to board the aircraft.
A paper ticket is generally only good on the airline for which it was
purchased. However, an airline can endorse the ticket so that it may be
accepted by other airlines, sometimes on standby basis or with a confirmed
seat.
Usually the paper ticket is for a specific flight. It is also possible to
purchase an 'open' ticket which allows travel on any flight between the
destinations listed on the ticket. The cost for doing this is greater than a
ticket for a specific flight.
Some tickets are refundable. However the lower cost tickets are usually not
refundable and may carry many additional restrictions.
It is now common for a traveler to pay a surcharge for a paper ticket. Many
airlines no longer issue paper tickets.
A ticket is made up of one or more flight coupons. These flight coupons are
the actual tickets that are used for travel. One flight coupon is used for
each leg of the flight.
Only one person can use a ticket. If multiple people are traveling together,
the tickets are linked together by the same record locator or reservation
number which are assigned if the tickets were purchased at the same time. If
not, most airlines can connect the tickets together in their reservation
system. This allows all members in a party to be processed in a group
allowing seat assignments to be together (if available at the time of the
assignment).
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