Leaving tomorrow for Germany/Austria/Budapest/Prague...last minute question...where would you keep your airline ticket?
Sep 19th, 2005, 07:33 AM
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Leaving tomorrow for Germany/Austria/Budapest/Prague...last minute question...where would you keep your airline ticket?
First, many, many thanks to all those who have helped with the details in this trip. It's hard to believe we're leaving tomorrow. I have one last question...we were given paper tickets
for our flight and I would like to know if you
would leave them in the hotel or carry them on
you? I'm not comfortable with either one so
asking for opinions. And dare I even ask what would happen if we showed up at the Prague airport without them? (USAir if it matters) Thanks again for all the information provided.
for our flight and I would like to know if you
would leave them in the hotel or carry them on
you? I'm not comfortable with either one so
asking for opinions. And dare I even ask what would happen if we showed up at the Prague airport without them? (USAir if it matters) Thanks again for all the information provided.
Sep 19th, 2005, 08:06 AM
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If you showed up at the Prague airport without your tickets (if you lost them), you might be required to buy new tickets at full fare, or some airlines would have a $100 per ticket re-issuing fee. (sorry, not sure which ones)
As for where to keep them: Keep them locked in the hotel safe deposit boxes (or in room safes), or carry them on you in your money belt...not locked in your luggage!
As for where to keep them: Keep them locked in the hotel safe deposit boxes (or in room safes), or carry them on you in your money belt...not locked in your luggage!
Sep 19th, 2005, 08:58 AM
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that's why I don't like paper tickets. Luckily, I haven't had them in years. I would not carry paper tickets around with me all day long while sightseeing or out in the evening. I'd leave them in my hotel room.
You'd probably have to buy new tickets or something, and then maybe get refunded a long time later after they are assured they weren't used by someone else or refunded.
You'd probably have to buy new tickets or something, and then maybe get refunded a long time later after they are assured they weren't used by someone else or refunded.
Sep 19th, 2005, 09:14 AM
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Make a photocopy of the ticket before you leave and keep the copy in a different place from the tickets; that way if you lose the actual ticket, you'll have all the info for them to find you in the reservation system and you shouldn't have to buy a new ticket--if you do, I wouldn't use that airline again!
Sep 19th, 2005, 01:58 PM
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I don't think it works that way, but haven't had to find out, luckily. It isn't just a matter of finding you in the reservation system because that's what an electronic ticket is. If that's all they had to do with paper tickets, they would be just e-tickets. They are treated differently somehow, and they are like currency themselves. That's why they have some value and you have to treat them like cash.
Sep 19th, 2005, 02:43 PM
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Speaking from personal experience -- if you were issued paper tickets and do not present the ACTUAL paper tickets (i.e. confirmation number, photocopy, etc) you will NOT be getting on that plane.
I always get e-tickets...except for the one time we were going on our honeymoon and the ticket consolidator sent paper tix which I promptly put in a safe place and forgot about. Showed up at the airport on our day of departure, and no amount of pleading or crying got me on that plane. I was extremely lucky that the airline took pity on me (since it was my honeymoon) and rebooked me on a flight leaving 24hrs later. They were going to charge me full fare to replace the ticket...even though I provided my confirmation number, passport, etc. and they clearly knew I was "in the system."
Now I triple check my tickets before every vacation.
I always get e-tickets...except for the one time we were going on our honeymoon and the ticket consolidator sent paper tix which I promptly put in a safe place and forgot about. Showed up at the airport on our day of departure, and no amount of pleading or crying got me on that plane. I was extremely lucky that the airline took pity on me (since it was my honeymoon) and rebooked me on a flight leaving 24hrs later. They were going to charge me full fare to replace the ticket...even though I provided my confirmation number, passport, etc. and they clearly knew I was "in the system."
Now I triple check my tickets before every vacation.
Sep 19th, 2005, 02:49 PM
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I always do e-tickets - unless I'm forced not to. Before they were available I always carried my tickets with me - so if anything happened to them I would know right away - and could report it and have them replaced.
Unless you have OCD and check your safe 10 times a day tickets left there could be gone hours - or days - and used or turned in before you ever found out.
Unless you have OCD and check your safe 10 times a day tickets left there could be gone hours - or days - and used or turned in before you ever found out.
Sep 20th, 2005, 05:53 AM
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Of course it's better to have the actual tickets--my point was that a photocopy with make things go much easier than just showing up at the airport empty handed, "pleading and crying" and hoping the airline will take pity on you.
If you have paper tickets, find out a head of time what the airline's lost ticket policy is. Most will charge a fee, some will make you purchase a new tickt and eventually refund the original ticket price, but, as I said, if any airline makes you just purchase another full-fare ticket as your only recourse, I would not use them!
If you have paper tickets, find out a head of time what the airline's lost ticket policy is. Most will charge a fee, some will make you purchase a new tickt and eventually refund the original ticket price, but, as I said, if any airline makes you just purchase another full-fare ticket as your only recourse, I would not use them!
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Even though the original poster has already departed, I wanted to add two cents about paper tickets. I used to work for a large travel outlet. Folks would routinely leave their plane tickets in a hot car and then return them to us because they had turned completely black. Paper airline tickets are heat-sensitive. Do not leave them on your dashboard. They will turn black and it will cost you to replace them.
Oct 6th, 2005, 04:12 AM
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A photocopy will not "make things easier" if you forget your paper ticket. Your original paper ticket is required for check-in. Period.
As long as you don't have your original paper ticket (we had our printed receipt and confirmation, by the way), you will incur a fee to replace the ticket or to purchase a new ticket outright. We were lucky because they took pity on us and let us fly the next day (and on a different route) for no additional fee.
As long as you don't have your original paper ticket (we had our printed receipt and confirmation, by the way), you will incur a fee to replace the ticket or to purchase a new ticket outright. We were lucky because they took pity on us and let us fly the next day (and on a different route) for no additional fee.
