BA e-ticket follow-up: ALWAYS PRINT A PAPER TICKET

Got this note in from Michael at British Airways regarding Dominic Pannell’s experience with an over zealous red-rinse soldier at Mumbai Airport who prevented him from checking in to his flight because he only had an electronic version of his e-ticket.

I think the golden rule here is always print out your e-ticket containing your booking reference. While you don’t need to here in the UK, different airports operating overseas may have different rules and regulations. Our advice would be, always err on the side of caution and print out your e-ticket.

Arse. Good advice, of course, from BA… just, it’s a wee bit of a disappointment from a technology/geek perspective. I wonder, incidentally, what the status is with ShopQwik — one of their biggest benefits is not having to arse about with paper tickets.

Thanks for taking the time to write Michael!