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What is E-Ticketing? E-Ticketing is a service that creates a convenient electronic airline ticket, rather than the traditional paper or card ticket. All of the information that is printed on a paper ticket, including your advance seat assignments (some airlines do not pre-assign seats), is stored electronically in the airline's computer database.
1. Call your Professional Travel agent to book your reservation. 2. When you're ready to purchase a ticket, we send an electronic message to the airline confirming that you are ticketed. 3. Well give
you a confirmation number and mail you an itinerary and receipt
to use as supporting documentation for your reimbursement purposes. 4. You will give your confirmation number to an airline gate agent. The agent will check your ID and issue your boarding pass.
Some airlines have started experimenting with E-Tickets in limited international markets. The challenge with international E-Tickets is that Customs requires that you show you're in possession of a return ticket when entering a foreign country. If you are traveling outbound on one airline and returning on another, E-Ticketing cannot be used. Did You Know? Some estimates indicate that the airlines could save as much as $1 billion per year if all ticketing was done electronically. To make changes to your ticket takes a simple phone call to Professional Travel. Tickets do not have to be picked up and redelivered. The airlines are hoping that all domestic ticketing will be electronic by the end of 1999. Company-wide, Professional Travel currently issues 47% of all tickets electronically. 61% of all tickets issued from our headquarters office are electronic. The airlines currently charge $60-$70 to research and refund a lost paper ticket. E-Tickets eliminate the worry of ever losing or forgetting your ticket. No paper, no hassle.
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