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Ticket Vocabulary
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* All tickets have some restrictions, so know what they are. Usually, the cheaper tickets have more restrictions. If there’s any chance you might have to cancel your trip, be sure you can live with them.
* Sometimes you can get a refund or use the ticket another time.
* The earlier you cancel your reservation, the less harsh the penalties.
* Get trip insurance.
* As soon as you receive your ticket, check the accuracy of the information and write it and the ticket number down and put in a safe place.
* Notify the airline as soon as you notice your ticket missing. Give them the information you had written down to expedite the issuing of a new ticket.
* Penalties for lost tickets vary by airlines. You might have to pay a replacement ticket fee, often costly. Other programs require that you purchase a new ticket at the current price rate, and you’ll receive a refund for the original ticket, less a service fee, in several weeks or months.
* With some airlines, you have no choice; it’ll be e-ticketing only. Be sure to get a confirmation number and bring it with you. Also, be sure to confirm your flight information directly with the airline, especially if someone else made the reservation.
* Check directly with the airline in advance to get some form of paperwork to get through the security checkpoint and into the gate areas. Some airlines will mail, fax or email you the necessary paperwork. Or, you can pick it up at the airline counter when you check your bag.
* Sometimes traveling on an e-ticket can save you money.
* If you’re traveling abroad, have hard copy tickets issued by the airline. Some countries require a paper ticket as well as your passport and visas to get in.
* Paper tickets are advantageous is you’re traveling somewhere that does not have the technology and staff to process e-tickets. Also, if your flight is cancelled and your airline offers to book you a seat on another airline, paper tickets expedite the process.
* Bring your driver’s license or other government issued picture I.D., such as state I.D. card or passport to prove it’s really you. No other I.E. will do.
* The name on the ticket must match the name on your I.D. exactly.
* Bring along your ticket’s confirmation number and the credit card on which it was charged for the airline to swipe through its computer, especially if you bought the ticket directly from the airline.
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