Airline Tickets

Posted by Nick on February 20th, 2020

An airline ticket is a document or electronic record, issued by an airline or a travel agency, that confirms that an individual is entitled to a seat on a flight on an aircraft. The airline ticket may be one of two types: a paper ticket, which comprises coupons or vouchers; and an electronic ticket (commonly referred to as an e-ticket).

The ticket, in either form, is required to obtain a boarding pass during check-in at the airport. Then with the boarding pass and the attached ticket, the passenger is allowed to board the aircraft.

Details

The passenger's name.

The issuing airline.

A ticket number, including the airline's 3 digit code at the start of the number.

The cities the ticket is valid for travel between.

Flight that the ticket is valid for. (Unless the ticket is "open")

Baggage allowance. (Not always visible on a printout but recorded electronically for the airline)

Fare. (Not always visible on a printout but recorded electronically for the airline)

Taxes. (Not always visible on a printout but recorded electronically for the airline)

The "Fare Basis", an alpha or alpha-numeric code that identifies the fare.

Restrictions on changes and refunds. (Not always shown in detail, but referred to).

Dates that the ticket is valid for.

"Form of payment", i.e., details of how the ticket was paid for, which will in turn affect how it would be refunded.

The Rate of Exchange used to calculate any international parts of the fare and tax.

A "Fare Construction" or "Linear" showing the breakdown of the total fare.