Javaman

I've found a pretty good rate for BA flights in October (SEA to AMS, MUC to
SEA)
but the rates are only good for E-tickets.
I feel aprehensive about this, but don't know if I am worrying needlessly.
What is the opinion of the group? Is it a good idea to fly BA
internationally with
E-tickets?
Thanks for your advice!

Not the Karl Orff

In article <[email protected]>,
"Javaman" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > I've found a pretty good rate for BA flights in October (SEA to AMS, MUC to
    > SEA)
    > but the rates are only good for E-tickets.
    > I feel aprehensive about this, but don't know if I am worrying needlessly.
    > What is the opinion of the group? Is it a good idea to fly BA
    > internationally with
    > E-tickets?

It's fine. I flew SEA-VIE last year on e-tickets and had no problem
even though the base fare was $20 in their premium economy cabin and I
bought th tickets through Expedia.

Douglas W. Hoyt

    >>>Is it a good idea to fly BA internationally with E-tickets?

1) They work fine.

2) You don't have to worry about losing the ticket, which is a hassle to
keep secure anyways (they really fill up a moneybelt).

Nightjar

"Javaman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I've found a pretty good rate for BA flights in October (SEA to AMS, MUC
to
    > SEA)
    > but the rates are only good for E-tickets.
    > I feel aprehensive about this, but don't know if I am worrying needlessly.
    > What is the opinion of the group? Is it a good idea to fly BA
    > internationally with
    > E-tickets?

I fly BA UK-France about every six weeks. I haven't seen a paper ticket for
about a year and I've not had any problems yet.

Colin Bignell

~~ Ray ~~

E-Ticket is just like a paper form ticket, but without the paper. your just
worring yourself, oh.... also forget the phrase its worht as much as the
paper its printed on. This is one time where it doesnt matter.

If you book it with a credit card, just remember to take this with you when
you check in.

--

Ray -
www.PaperPencils.co.uk
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"Javaman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
I've found a pretty good rate for BA flights in October (SEA to AMS, MUC to
SEA)
but the rates are only good for E-tickets.
I feel aprehensive about this, but don't know if I am worrying needlessly.
What is the opinion of the group? Is it a good idea to fly BA
internationally with
E-tickets?
Thanks for your advice!

Not the Karl Orff

In article <[email protected]>,
"~~ Ray ~~" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > E-Ticket is just like a paper form ticket, but without the paper. your just
    > worring yourself, oh.... also forget the phrase its worht as much as the
    > paper its printed on. This is one time where it doesnt matter.

While they are o.k. in general, there are occasional hiccups especially
if 1) computers are down (never experienced this) or 2) codeshare
partners don't get all the info or 3) codeshare partner agents are
improperly trained

Douglas W. Hoyt

    >>>>> E-Ticket is just like a paper form ticket, but without the paper....

Except that a paper ticket is a negotiable document, with monetary value.
It will cost you money if you lose it. You can have the ticket reissued
(for a charge; PLUS you have to buy a new ticket at the full current cost,
and then later hope to have the new ticket refunded, minus a fee). If an
airline finds that the value of a ticket you lost has been redeemed
somewhere, it can get even more complicated.

E-Tickets are LOTs better--unless your flight is cancelled and you want to
go over to the counter of another airlines and ask them if they will take
your ticket and just let you take their flight (since the ticket has
monetary value, they can cash it in--so they might say yes, and you can get
right on if it is from and to the same cities). With an E-ticket you can't
do that.

Not the Karl Orff

In article <[email protected]>,
"Douglas W. Hoyt" <[email protected]> wrote:


    > E-Tickets are LOTs better--unless your flight is cancelled and you want to
    > go over to the counter of another airlines and ask them if they will take
    > your ticket and just let you take their flight (since the ticket has
    > monetary value, they can cash it in--so they might say yes, and you can get
    > right on if it is from and to the same cities). With an E-ticket you can't
    > do that.

Only if the ticket is endorsable. A lot of the cheaper fares are not.

Nobody

Not the Karl Orff wrote:
    > > right on if it is from and to the same cities). With an E-ticket you can't
    > > do that.
    >
    > Only if the ticket is endorsable. A lot of the cheaper fares are not.

There are instances where airlines will accept each other's higher fare
tickets "blindly" (for instance, shuttle style flights)

But in many other instances, you need to have the original ticket endorsed
before you can take it to the other airline, so you still need to see your
original airline before going to the other airline.

With an e-ticket, the difference (so far) is that in all cases, you needto see
the original airline to have your eticket endorsed and necessary paperwork
done to allow you to use it on another airline (this may involve printing a
paper ticket).

E-tickets are still relatively new but airlines will gradually expand the
reach of e-ticket functionality. The big question is whether the original
airline will give you some sort of voucher that you can take to any airline,
or whether you'll have to have the original airline book you on another airline.

Vitaly Shmatikov

In article <[email protected]>,
Douglas W. Hoyt <[email protected]> wrote:

    >>>>>> E-Ticket is just like a paper form ticket, but without the paper....
    >Except that a paper ticket is a negotiable document

In what sense is a paper ticket negotiable? Most CoCs I've seen (Spirit
seems to be the only exception in the US) prohibit name changes, even
on full-fare tickets, meaning you can't really sell your paper ticket
to anyone.

    >If an
    >airline finds that the value of a ticket you lost has been redeemed
    >somewhere, it can get even more complicated.

How can someone ``redeem'' the value of a ticket issued to a different
person? I honestly can't think of any way to do this, but maybe I'm
just not inventive enough

Hilary

    > I've found a pretty good rate for BA flights in October (SEA to AMS, MUC
    > to SEA) but the rates are only good for E-tickets. I feel aprehensive
    > about this, but don't know if I am worrying needlessly. What is the
    > opinion of the group? Is it a good idea to fly BA internationally with
    > E-tickets?

E-tickets are fine. I prefer them. From 1 April, BA and KLM will all be
e-ticket or you will need to pay an extra charge. Other airlines are
expected to follow suit.

Hilary

Hilary

    > >>>>> E-Ticket is just like a paper form ticket, but without the paper....
    >
    > Except that a paper ticket is a negotiable document, with monetary value.

Not always. A lot of tickets are non-endorsable, and therefore cannot be
used on any other airline.

    > It will cost you money if you lose it. You can have the ticket reissued
    > (for a charge; PLUS you have to buy a new ticket at the full current cost,
    > and then later hope to have the new ticket refunded, minus a fee).

If they're reissuing the ticket, they normally just charge the reissue
fee. If it's being reissued for an error you've made (e.g. name spelling)
then sometimes you need to buy a new ticket and send the original back for
a full refund minus the reissue charge.

    > E-Tickets are LOTs better--unless your flight is cancelled and you want
    > to go over to the counter of another airlines and ask them if they will
    > take your ticket and just let you take their flight (since the ticket
    > has monetary value, they can cash it in--so they might say yes, and you
    > can get right on if it is from and to the same cities). With an
    > E-ticket you can't do that.

E-tickets are just as endorsable as paper tickets. (Which is to say, not
much, for those travelling on cheaper fares.)

Hilary

Freeda

    > I've found a pretty good rate for BA flights in October (SEA to AMS, MUC
to
    > SEA)
    > but the rates are only good for E-tickets.
    > I feel aprehensive about this, but don't know if I am worrying needlessly.
    > What is the opinion of the group? Is it a good idea to fly BA
    > internationally with
    > E-tickets?

Some airlines on certain routes won't do a paper ticket. Notably SQ
LHR-SIN. Or at least my TA told me so.

Mark Hewitt

"Javaman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I've found a pretty good rate for BA flights in October (SEA to AMS, MUC
to
    > SEA)
    > but the rates are only good for E-tickets.
    > I feel aprehensive about this, but don't know if I am worrying needlessly.
    > What is the opinion of the group? Is it a good idea to fly BA
    > internationally with
    > E-tickets?
    > Thanks for your advice!

Is this the usual worry of wondering if 'foreign' places actually have
electricity, never mind computers?

;-)

Mike

Yes unless something goes wrong. I was on Delta, missed a connection,
needed to be rerouted on Air France, it would not take eTicket from
Delta. I almost missed flight waiting on Delta to issue a paper
ticket. Still I prefer etickets. To much hassle if you lose a paper
ticket -- and I sometimes do!!!


On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:34:04 -0800, "Javaman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >I've found a pretty good rate for BA flights in October (SEA to AMS, MUC to
    >SEA)
    >but the rates are only good for E-tickets.
    >I feel aprehensive about this, but don't know if I am worrying needlessly.
    >What is the opinion of the group? Is it a good idea to fly BA
    >internationally with
    >E-tickets?
    >Thanks for your advice!