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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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 Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: E-ticket confusion: do real tickets no longer exist? |
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My school is a little confused when I showed them my E-ticket for reimbursement. They want to see a "real ticket" -however what the airline told me is that old style tickets have been phased out- because people kept losing their tickets- and you simply need to show your passport on the day to get a boarding pass. Until then you simply have an electronic reciept ("E-ticket") for your flight. It must be a new thing- I was taken aback by it as well.
I've told them to call the airline for confirmation. Anyone have any similar problems? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: E-ticket confusion: do real tickets no longer exist? |
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| Junior wrote: |
My school is a little confused when I showed them my E-ticket for reimbursement. They want to see a "real ticket" -however what the airline told me is that old style tickets have been phased out- because people kept losing their tickets- and you simply need to show your passport on the day to get a boarding pass. Until then you simply have an electronic reciept ("E-ticket") for your flight. It must be a new thing- I was taken aback by it as well.
I've told them to call the airline for confirmation. Anyone have any similar problems? |
Almost no-one issues the "traditional" ticket anymore.
Even many airlines ticket offices only issue e-tickets now as well. (From recent personal experience - PAL, Singapore Air, and Westjet).
If you paid at a travel agent you should get a separate receipt as well as the e-ticket and in my personal case that satisfied the powers-that-be in our school for ticket reimbursement.
Alternatively, tell them that they can book and pay for a ticket and you will get a refund for the one you already have.
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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I think your hagwon should travel more. E-tickets have been around for ages. As long as you have the ticket receipt sent to you as email then that should do. If you have anymore trouble contact labor. |
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Mosley
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I had the same hassle when I submitted the print out of my e-ticket for the refund. "But where's the real ticket?" Yeesh, Delayed my payment by about a week but I got it...that's the main thing. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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They seem to have accepted it now. "Call korean air if you want. Call the travel agents."
I wish changes in Korea became widely known quicker. Always seems like the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
next challenge: try to find out your street name and get something posted to you. |
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Scouse Mouse
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Location: Cloud #9
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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I've not seen a 'real' ticket since 1998...
My public school paid up from an e-ticket but I know a friend with a moronic admin department who stalled before they finally relented. They wanted his baggage tickets to prove he had flown here... guess they though he may have decided to refund his ticket and swim here... |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Sp much for Korea's reputation as one of the most wired countries on earth.  Or maybe I misspelled "wired" maybe I meant "weird"  |
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CPT
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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This seems like the best place to ask this...
I received my e-ticket in my e-mail, but I don't really know what to do with it. All the characters are in Korean, or are just ????? ????. There was a printer logo that took me to a page full of ???????, but there was also an English translation, which made it look more like terms of agreement.
There was another link that showed my itinerary, and most was in English, but still broken up by ?s. Is that what I print out?
I'll probably just print out everything to be safe, but I don't want to show up at the airport with a page full of question marks and have them look at me like I have two heads.
Help a newbie out. |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| CPT wrote: |
This seems like the best place to ask this...
I received my e-ticket in my e-mail, but I don't really know what to do with it. All the characters are in Korean, or are just ????? ????. There was a printer logo that took me to a page full of ???????, but there was also an English translation, which made it look more like terms of agreement.
There was another link that showed my itinerary, and most was in English, but still broken up by ?s. Is that what I print out?
I'll probably just print out everything to be safe, but I don't want to show up at the airport with a page full of question marks and have them look at me like I have two heads.
Help a newbie out. |
It sounds like you don't have Korean installed on your computer. Go to a PCBang and print it out. Its pretty cheap to print there and it will be nice to have the reassurance that it printed correctly. Theoretically, you only need to present your passport at the coutner, but you can really screw yourself by expecting Korean employees to know how to do their jobs. Go to a PC Bang or find a computer (maybe work) where Korean script is installed. |
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Mosley
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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"you can really screw yourself by expecting Korean employees to know how to do their jobs."  |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| CPT wrote: |
This seems like the best place to ask this...
I received my e-ticket in my e-mail, but I don't really know what to do with it. All the characters are in Korean, or are just ????? ????. There was a printer logo that took me to a page full of ???????, but there was also an English translation, which made it look more like terms of agreement.
There was another link that showed my itinerary, and most was in English, but still broken up by ?s. Is that what I print out?
I'll probably just print out everything to be safe, but I don't want to show up at the airport with a page full of question marks and have them look at me like I have two heads.
Help a newbie out. |
You could also try right clicking and selecting "encoding" and choosing the "Korean" option. Might work! |
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