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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 ).
Passenger name record. A passenger name record (PNR) is a record in the database of a computer reservation system (CRS) that contains the itinerary for a passenger or a group of passengers travelling together. The concept of a PNR was first introduced by airlines that needed to exchange reservation information in case passengers required ...
Fare construction refers to the application of fares which can cover the flights in the reservation, necessary to price the air ticket for issuance. It is commonly presented as a single line with standardized codes [7] which can be used for travel agents to price the ticket in global distribution systems. For example, a fare construction may say:
When a reservation is confirmed, the airline keeps a record of the booking in its computer reservations system. Customers can print out or may be provided with a copy of a e-ticket itinerary receipt which contains the record locator or reservation number and the e-ticket number. It is possible to print multiple copies of an e-ticket itinerary ...
Airline reservations system. Airline reservation systems (ARS) are systems that allow an airline to sell their inventory (seats). It contains information on schedules and fares and contains a database of reservations (or passenger name records) and of tickets issued (if applicable). ARSs are part of passenger service systems (PSS), which are ...
An older, non-computerized Air Transat boarding pass from 2000. A boarding pass or boarding card is a document provided by an airline during airport check-in, giving a passenger permission to enter the restricted area of an airport (also known as the airside portion of the airport) and to board the airplane for a particular flight.
IATA airline designators are used to identify an airline for commercial purposes in reservations, timetables, tickets, tariffs, air waybills and in telecommunications. A flight designator is the concatenation of the airline designator, xx(a), and the numeric flight number , n(n)(n)(n), plus an optional one-letter "operational suffix" (a).
Travel document. Automated travel document inspection at Dubai Airport. A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international entity pursuant to international agreements to enable individuals to clear border control measures. Travel documents usually assure other governments that the bearer may return to the issuing ...