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[stevieg4ever]

Anyone else had problems with your airfare?

I have been told that in Korea they do not issue electronic tickets and it usually needs to be a physical ticket for proof of airfare.

I went and bought mine from Jakarta to London. I told my office of education and regional office that it would be an electronic e-ticket and they said that would be fine, that was a week ago.

So I go in this afternoon with my ticket and receipt printed out and now they are saying that ths person and that person cannot 'verify' what I have given them. Then they made several trips and phone calls only to tell me that 'it should to be the okay and please don't not worry'.

The gyopo said it was another 'communication' problem and that she has resolved it but how do I know they won't come to me the day before payment is due and say that Park Song Ho or someone or other I have never met was unable to 'verify' it blah blah blah.

I phoned up the airline and they laughed down the phone when I said my employers may not accept it saying that every major country and airline has or is reverting to electronic e-tickets.

I should point out that I was told before hand it could be from another country to London even though it isn't standard practice.

[SHANE02]

[nomad-ish]

my employer was hesitant about accepting my e-ticket as well, however i just persisted and it worked out fine

[Young FRANKenstein]

[captain kirk]

Last March I had to be really persistent to get it. Pub elem county contract. It was totally bogus. I've blocked it out of my memory but I got the money minus about 100 bucks as if they deserved some tip. Little county corruptness.

The gist of it was I got them an e-ticket receipt.
Don't accept e-tickets.
Huh, all the world issues e-tickets now. No paper tickets remain.
Ok, I'll accept e-ticket.
I will pay the return to your home country or wherever you go after Korea.
I'm not leaving Korea, just going to another job. The contract says airfare at the end, tho.
But it means 'back to home country'.
The contract doesn't say that. Just says airfare and 900 dollars. That you'll pay 900 dollars. 'airfare reimbursement 900 dollars'.

Bla bla for literally weeks leading up to the contract end. I went over the county supervisor's head to the Prov rep for foreign teachers in public schools and they said my contract is county. But their intervention seemed to pressure the guy to pay up. But I just kept emailing my county educ supervisor. He actually threatened me at one point, saying he 'knows where you'll be working next. The supervisor is my friend'. As if he'd make trouble for me. 'I know every supervisor in Korea'. At that point I thought it wise to concede. But he came back a few days later saying he'd pay it.

My airfare receipt was for a trip taken during the contract, during Summer break, to Canada and back. The corrupt thing was after I gave them that receipt, and this is what started it all, he kept it but said it wasn't good enuff. And that's what got me going. He kept it and could give it to accounting and authorize the funds loose, but I'd never see them. He'd get it. Just the possibility of that!

[maddog]

There was once a case of some Nigerian-owned travel agent in Itaewon issuing e-tickets that subsequently turned out to be nothing more than provisional reservations. But that was ONE travel agent.

Like others, e-tickets are all I use. I can't remember the last time I had a paper ticket.

MD

[Bigfeet]

Airlines in the US are charging you a fee if you request a paper ticket.

[sojourner1]