`E' doesn't mean easy: electronic tickets may leave you disconnected. (Travel Wise).Gordon Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. was anxious to get home to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. following two week business trip to the Caribbean. Booked on an American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the flight to Atlanta, with a connecting flight to Los Angeles, mechanical problems on the first plane delayed Hicks for seven hours. He would miss his connecting flight to Los Angeles. On arrival in Atlanta, he (and many other stranded passengers) rushed over to the American Airlines ticket counter. "The agent tried for almost 20 minutes to find me another flight," Hicks recalls, but because of the late hour--10:30 p.m.--none was available. The American ticket agent called Delta Air Lines and found an open flight scheduled to leave within the hour. "I tried to get the American agent to book it, but she told me she couldn't." The American Airlines agent had to print Hicks a paper ticket and endorse it over to Delta Air Lines. He then rushed down to the Delta counter, but the flight sold out in the 20 minutes he waited in line. Flying direct or nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. with an e-ticket poses few problems. In fact, consumers find it convenient dealing with less paper. If a flight is canceled or delayed, however, it could take time to search for another flight because most airlines don't have the interlining in·ter·lin·ing n. An extra lining between the outer fabric and regular lining of a garment. interlining Noun the material used to interline parts of garments agreements that allow one carrier to honor another's electronic ticket. Travel expert Peter Greenberg, author of The Travel Detective, says that if Hicks had had a paper ticket, he would have had a "negotiable NEGOTIABLE. That which is capable of being transferred by assignment; a thing, the title to which may be transferred by a sale and indorsement or delivery. 2. and tangible document in his hands and could have avoided standing in line." He could have called American Airlines' 800 number for alternate flights. Problems can also arise on code-sharing flights. These are flights in which two amines amines (  mēnz´),n.pl organic compounds that contain nitrogen. agree to sell tickets under one airline code. For example, an American airline may have a code-share agreement with an international carrier for certain destinations. A consumer may not be able to discern which carrier his reservation is on without a paper ticket. If you request a paper ticket, you may be charged up to $10. In the uncertain travel environment that currently exists, it is worth the cost. |
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