"Larry R Harrison Jr" wrote in message news:WU76c.37280$Zp.11402@fed1read07...
"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message
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In article KV66c.36967$Zp.27074@fed1read07,
"Larry R Harrison Jr" wrote:

Our airport now requires a real boarding pass; an e-ticket receipt is
not
good enough anymore.

Will this be a problem with Priceline? Someone tells me (I've never
flown,
much less used Priceline) that Priceline doesn't do boarding passes.

you'll always need a boardin pass

Okay fine. So how does that work with someone like Priceline?


You are confusing an e-ticket with a boarding pass. A boarding
pass is a document which "allows" you on the aircraft and frequently
indicates which seat you have been assigned. A ticket, "e" or otherwise
indicates you have made a purchase on a specific flight. It doesn
NOT indicate you have yet been assigned a seat nor actually that
you are permitted to board the aircraft. (Overbooking and all).
Priceline sells tickets, not boarding passes. Boarding passes are
issued (not sold) by the airlines and ONLY the airlines.

Airports have variable regulations regarding the possession
of a boarding pass prior to passing through the passenger
security screening area. In the case where one is required to
do so, they usually can be obtained at the ticket counter
which resides prior to passing through security screening.
Some airlines allow them to be obtained on line, or at
self service kiosks. These boarding passes are available
regardless of how the ticket was purchased, or if it
is an e-ticket or otherwise. (Truth is, really, that there
are ONLY e-tickets these days. If your reservation isn't in
the computer, they aren't going to issue you a boarding pass
until it is. They may create the reservation upon presentation
of a paper ticket, but you ain't going anywhere until they do).