Hey all,

If I buy ticket for my wife from here, will they give her hard time at the airport if she has eticket instead of paper ticket? I could have her buy the ticket in India but if I can I would like to buy it here and then just e-mail her the eticket. I've heard that they like to see paper ticket when travelling for the first time but not sure how much of that is true.

Please share your experience with coming to USA with an eticket. I doubt that an eticket would cause a problem these days but you never know!!!

Thanks!

etickets are turning into an airline policy across the board, and Indian security personnels are used to accepting email confirmations for tickets. all they check at security is name on the eticket, date and if lucky check the person and passport photo if they match :)
Airport in reference - Mumbai and Bangalore, donno about the others, i would assume the same considering most low cost carriers in India have etickets

Thanks for the info! I will just buy it from here and send her the e-ticket.

Yes, eticket is the norm these days.. inclusive of international travel. I have travel to US from India with etickets few times and had no issues at all. So nothing to worry.

e-tickets
We used them all the time. Even as evidence of meeting at the interview. Travel was always hassle free too.

hi,

You only get E tickets these days , even from all major airlines, if you ask for a paper ticket you will be charged 25$ minimum. I got a E ticket. I just checked my seat No. 24 hours before boarding the aircraft. Always book tickets for the seats which is at the Edge for long flights, so you can use the rest rooms and if you want to get up or even move your legs its more easy and you are more comfortable.

Jigi

I bought the ticket online in USA and hubby printed up the eticket in India. First flight in his life he flew out of Hyderabad and into JFK New York with no problems at all. As others here said, eticket is the norm nowadays and no one thinks twice about it.

Sure there are a lot of things that are becoming normal on a daily basis.

Add to the list of new norms >> Any non-US citizen travelling to US (non-US Passport holder), must give their temporary or permanent address in the US to the airlines.