What do electronic plane tickets look like? How to print an electronic plane ticket

30.03.2024

Nowadays, electronic tickets are very common, and their popularity is only increasing every day. This rather new form of tickets in our country has long been used in many foreign countries. This form of air tickets is intangible, since the purchased ticket cannot simply be touched with your hands; it is a fixed entry in a special database of a particular air carrier.

Many people are afraid to purchase such tickets because they cannot understand the meaning of the entire system. But everything is very simple! A potential passenger books a ticket without leaving home, simply via the Internet. All that remains is to pay for the ticket, but we’ll look at how this can be done below.

What to do next, and how to fly with a virtual ticket? Everything is very simple here too. On the day of departure, you just need to present your passport at the airport, which will be used instead of a plane ticket. In addition, the purchase of a ticket is confirmed by a special itinerary receipt, which is sent to the customer’s email address immediately after payment for the ordered ticket. This is what a photo sample of an electronic air ticket looks like:

Nowadays, electronic air tickets are very common, and their popularity is only increasing every day. This rather new form of tickets in our country has long been used in many foreign countries. This form of air tickets is intangible, since the purchased ticket cannot simply be touched with your hands; it is a fixed entry in a special database of a particular air carrier.

All that remains is to pay for the ticket, but we’ll look at how this can be done below.

In addition, the purchase of a ticket is confirmed by a special itinerary receipt, which is sent to the customer’s email address immediately after payment for the ordered ticket. This is what the photo looks like sample e-ticket:

This receipt contains all the necessary information: date, route number, departure time, place, etc. If possible, it is advisable to print this form and take it with you to the airport. But, despite all these subtleties, this sample of an electronic air ticket is a full-fledged document for the right to air travel, and is in no way inferior to an ordinary ticket purchased at the ticket office.

The most common form of purchasing air tickets in Europe and America is E-ticket. Today, most leading airlines around the world use this form. This technology appeared in the USA in 1996 and very quickly spread throughout all countries of the world. And since 2008, all airlines that are part of the International Air Transport Association have switched to this form of electronic air tickets.

The advantage of electronic air tickets
Electronic air tickets have many advantages over their paper predecessors:

The ability to purchase a cheap ticket without leaving home allows you to significantly save nerves and time. Using the Internet, you can book a ticket to any place and from any airport on the planet at any convenient moment;

You can also easily book a flight not only for yourself, but also for your relatives or friends;

It is simply impossible to accidentally lose or forget an electronic ticket at home, and they cannot steal it, since it is not material and is stored in a computer database for a long time.
Payment for an electronic ticket can be made in any convenient way - it can be a plastic card, cash or bank transfer.

On-line check-in (electronic check-in of air tickets) eliminates long queues when purchasing a ticket and during further check-in at the airport.

Purchasing and paying for electronic air tickets
Payment for air tickets ordered via the Internet can be made in several ways.

1. Bank plastic card. This can be either a debit card or a credit card. In this case, you need to fill out a special column when choosing a form of payment for a ticket, in which you must indicate all personal data and bank card details. This data remains completely confidential and is not transferred to the site on which the ticket was booked. Immediately after the payment is completed, the system itself will redirect the client back to the site, where he can receive an itinerary receipt. But you need to remember that payment does not always come immediately; sometimes you have to wait several minutes.

2. In cash at the company office. In this case, an electronic ticket is booked in the usual way, but the corresponding column is indicated in the payment form and the place of payment is selected from the proposed list, where the ticket is subsequently paid for and the corresponding receipt is issued. But before you go to pay, you need to remember to look on the website for the number and amount of the payment for which the payment will be made.

3. By bank transfer. Payment for an air ticket by bank transfer is possible only if the departure date allows. And if a ticket is purchased for the next few days, it is better not to take risks and choose a more reliable payment method, since there is a danger that the bank transfer simply will not arrive in time.

How to use an electronic ticket, check-in at the airport
As we have already written, for registration you only need an identification document of the passenger and an itinerary receipt with all the necessary data. Although the presence of such a receipt is not a prerequisite.

But when flying abroad, it is still better to have a receipt in hand. You may need it during passport control. There are countries where even airport security may require an itinerary receipt to enter the airport itself. Therefore, it is better to find an opportunity to print this document and have it with you.

That seems to be all. Modern methods of booking air tickets are undoubtedly very simple and convenient. True, there are still people who are wary of everything modern and distrust innovation. But they are very wrong! You just have to try it once, and it will immediately become clear that the electronic air ticket booking system was created solely for the convenience of people.

From now on, only e-tickets!

September 15th, 2016 , 05:58 pm

It would seem that the answer to the survey is obvious and there is no point in talking about this topic at all.
But that's not true.
As they say, there are nuances. And I strongly recommend that you still print tickets, especially for inexperienced travelers.
Now I will explain why.

When buying an electronic plane ticket, we are used to not printing it: we simply arrive at the airport and present our passport at the check-in counter. The operator finds our reservation and prints our boarding pass.
- Have a good flight!
The first flight, the tenth, the fortieth... And on the forty-first you suddenly hear:
- Sorry, we don't see you on the passenger list.
Or
- Present your return ticket/ticket to your final destination if your flight has a connecting flight.
Or... you are simply not allowed into the airport, because... At the entrance, the policeman checks the ticket and compares it with the passport, letting in only those who have them and not letting in mourners and any other individuals.
Or they simply don’t register you, because... In general, they ask you to show your ticket with your passport.
You will quite rightly object that this is why it is electronic, so as not to print! Of course, you will be right a hundred times, but this argument will not be an argument at all for a policeman in an African country, a check-in counter operator at a small Indian airport or a passport control officer in Dubai, Macau, the USA or Malaysia... But the thing is that we are used to did not print anything and relaxed and flew off to their next trip, without even thinking about Googling the features and nuances of the travel route.
And they arise at the most unexpected moment.

This is why I recommend printing tickets, at least when traveling abroad.
Although sometimes difficulties may arise on domestic flights in its absence.
In principle, the IATA rules do not clearly state the need to print a ticket.
On the other hand, when purchasing an electronic ticket through various services, you receive a letter with a ticket form and recommendations, one of which is precisely the need for printing.
The fact is that failures are possible everywhere and when your ticket is suddenly not found during registration, a printout will be an invaluable help, it will save time and nerves - according to the data in it, employees will be able to find the ticket faster (this happened to me - there was only 10 time left until the end of registration minutes, so I had a real risk of not being able to fly).

It is very important to have a printed ticket during complex flights with transfers or transit through certain countries. For example, when transiting through Macau without a visa, at check-in for a flight to Macau you will definitely be asked to show your ticket to make sure that you are flying onward.
The same applies when transiting through Dubai or other points where you can get a transit visa. Without confirmation of flight to a third country, you will not be given a visa or released from the airport.

When visiting some countries, you must have a return ticket or a ticket to a third country. And the confirmation is just a printout of the ticket

At some airports (for example, in the USA), proof of flight may be required to be presented to aviation security at security control before entering check-in. And in many African countries, a printed ticket is required to enter the airport. The police check it with your passport and those who do not have a ticket are not allowed into the airport. I have seen this in Addis Ababa and Kilimanjaro Airport.

In general, I once again recommend not to take risks and try to print out your ticket before your trip so that it is not overshadowed by showdowns or sudden problems. Yes, sometimes having a ticket on your iPad or smartphone can help, but sometimes they still ask for a paper version...

Let me remind you that I have been looking for the cheapest tickets for my trips for several years now on

Of course, buying air tickets online has many advantages over traditional methods of searching and booking a flight. In order not to be unfounded, I will certainly tell you about this - and in great detail.
Well, in this article we will talk about how to buy a plane ticket online .

I'll try to generate something like step-by-step instructions for booking an air ticket. I am absolutely sure that many people choose traditional offline ticket offices only because they do not trust electronic booking systems.

Among the reasons for such distrust are ignorance of the process of how to buy plane tickets on the Internet, fear that something will go wrong somewhere, the wrong button will come to hand, all the money will suddenly be withdrawn from the card, etc.

So, in order to dispel all mythological fears, I will tell and show you how to find, buy and pay for an air ticket via the Internet. It’s not difficult, not scary, and safe if you use proven systems, of course.

Example of booking an air ticket via the Internet

For a clear example, let’s take the direction Moscow–Tokyo; let’s say there is a flight there on October 15th. And a return flight from Tokyo to Moscow on October 22.

I will use the airline ticket search engine aviasales. About why this search engine. If you want to try your luck in another search engine, you can read here, which will also help you solve the question of “where to buy air tickets.”
So, we are looking for flights from Moscow to Tokyo on October 15-22.

Enter the city of departure and point of arrival

In our case, the departure city is Moscow, the destination city is Tokyo. Aviation sales now has a complex search function if you need to find a flight with a departure from one city, arrival in another, from there to some other point and back, for example. But I still advise you to look for flights for each leg of the route separately.

2. Select departure and arrival dates

To do this, you just need to click on the blue calendar icon. Be careful. Do not confuse the dates; please note that by default the system searches for round-trip air tickets. To find a one-way ticket, simply click the “no return ticket needed” button, which will become visible when you open the calendar.

3. Enter the number of passengers

Please note that passengers are entered based on age - adults, children under 12 years of age and infants under 2 years of age.

4. Selecting a flight class

By default, the search is performed on economy class tickets for one adult passenger, unless other parameters are specified. If you need a business class ticket. Place a tick in the appropriate box.

Another point: the search engine automatically opens in the window adjacent to the search results for air tickets a window with found hotels for the selected dates along the selected route. Very comfortably.

We see that for the selected date the air ticket search engine offers us the cheapest option for 28254 . And this is with one transfer both there and back.
On the right you can see an additional transplant filter. If you are looking for non-connecting tickets, simply uncheck the boxes with transfers. Here, under the transfer filter, there is a subscription form for the price of air tickets. This is very convenient if the date of your flight is not important to you and you are looking for the cheapest option. Price changes will be sent to you by email, so you can quickly track the dynamics.

At the top of the search page you can see more filters: by duration of the transfer, departure and arrival times, preferred airports, airlines and booking agencies.

A bright, big “buy” button will redirect you to the website of the booking system that offered the cheapest option. Under the button you can see other offers, which allows you to compare prices from different agencies and even airlines directly.

By the way, regarding the purchase on the official website of the airline. Besides the fact that such an opportunity is not provided in all cases (for the simple reason that not all airlines have websites at all, and if they do, it is not always possible to book an air ticket online), often the cost of an air ticket from the company itself is slightly more expensive. This is not a trick or a deception. The fact is that aviasales cooperates with booking agencies, which in turn purchase plane tickets “in bulk” at a lower rate, which is why the cost through such an agency is often lower than with the airline itself.

Here's a clear example of the price difference

On the official website of Qatar Airways, the same flight that is available from the agency at a price of 28,254 rubles is offered by the company itself for 34,088 rubles. Such savings are significant.

If in the search results you have found an option suitable for you in terms of time, departure/arrival airport and price, then we proceed directly to the booking process, which is discussed below.

But there is an opportunity to try to find even cheaper options. To do this, the search engine offers two cool functions - a low price calendar and a low price map. I hope the essence is clear from the title. In the first case, you can track the cheapest air tickets for the destination you are interested in, found by Avisales users. In the second, you can set the departure city and see where you can go as economically as possible. Filters are customized for you.

5. Let's move on to the booking procedure

Before you go to the website of the booking engine that offers the cheapest flight, it is worth going to the airline's website and seeing how much it is offering the same flight. In our case, we have already found out that it is much more expensive. This means we will buy through an agency.

Therefore, I choose the go2tosee booking system (it is the one that offers the cheapest option in my case) to go to the site, just click the buy button.

After a few seconds of loading I see this page. Let's move on to that how to pay for air tickets online.

This is the top of the page. Here you must enter your details to purchase an electronic ticket. Or the details of the person for whom the air ticket is issued, if you are not buying it for yourself.

Everything is clear: first name, last name, date of birth - everything is like in the passport. Most booking systems offer various insurance options for an additional fee. You can choose the one that suits you, or you can refuse all options.

Keep in mind that You can only pay for air tickets online using Visa and Mastercard. Neither Electron nor Maestro are suitable for paying for electronic air tickets. In this case, the reservation system, in addition to payment by card, offers the option of payment with electronic money and deferred purchase. But different agencies may have different payment methods.

6. Fill in the “bank card” field

We enter the card number in the first field - these are 16 digits that can be found on the front side of the card. They are divided into four blocks of four numbers. Next, the VALID/THRU field is the card’s “expiration” date, which can also be found on the front side under the card number.

We fill out the owner's name field as written on the card.

After this, a one-time password should be sent to your phone from the bank, with which you can confirm payment for the air ticket. Now, after the ticket has been paid for, all you have to do is wait for the itinerary receipt, which will be sent by email.

The e-ticket must be printed. Although it is not necessary to do this, it always makes sense to play it safe. You never know. In many cases, you can also check in for a flight online.

At this moment, users are looking for:

Where	Where	departure date	Return date	Find a ticket	Price
Istanbul	Bodrum				964
Voronezh	Kursk				1 010
Tambov	Voronezh				1 010
Kursk	Voronezh				1 020
Gdansk	Oslo				1 089
Warsaw	Stockholm				1 091
Phuket	Kuala Lumpur				1 120
Yerevan	Gyumri				1 133
Krakow	Berlin				1 138
Krakow	Brussels				1 138
Wroclaw	Brussels				1 138
Warsaw	Oslo				1 138
Gdansk	Stockholm

Content

When purchasing an air ticket online, you do not always need to print it out. It is important to know what documents you will have to present at the airport, and under what circumstances you are required to have paper with you proving that you have paid for the flight.

What does an electronic plane ticket look like?

A document issued through the E-ticket system represents an entry in the airline company’s database. The sample form contains the following information:

fact of payment for the flight;
personal data of the passenger;
aircraft departure and arrival points;
flight date, flight number.

An Aeroflot air ticket issued via the Internet differs from a paper ticket purchased through the ticket office in the following respects:

it cannot be stolen, lost or counterfeited;
it is cheaper because the company did not waste resources to print official paper.

What to do with an electronic plane ticket

Passengers using the services of airline companies can print out plane tickets, but this action is not a mandatory procedure. All information about the traveler is in the airline's database. If a flight is made by several citizens with matching personal data, then you can print a ticket by last name. This way, airline employees will process boarding documents faster.

When checking in for a flight, you are required to present your passport. After checking the information on the identity card with the data from the carrier’s main computer, airline employees print out the boarding pass and allow the passenger to enter the pre-flight area. Upon boarding, this paper is checked by airport staff. You will need to print out a paper version of the air ticket and itinerary receipt using a printer if there is a failure in the system or there are other problems during check-in.

How to print

Some carriers require a printed itinerary receipt for the aircraft. This document confirms that a specific passenger has paid for the flight. A printed itinerary receipt will be needed if you are making an international flight with several transfers. This is how the migration service of the country of arrival makes sure that the traveler will leave the state by the date specified in the document. To print official papers you will have to do the following:

Buy a ticket on the website of the carrier or partner companies.
Receive a letter with an itinerary receipt in pdf format to your current email address.
Install Adobe Reader to view and print the document.
Download the file with the itinerary receipt to your computer and open it.
Click the print button and specify the required number of copies.
Finish printing the documentation.

Most airlines provide services for purchasing electronic plane tickets.

An electronic air ticket is a digital version of a paper ticket. Essentially, this is an electronic contract between the passenger and the air carrier.

It is impossible to lose an e-ticket: the electronic record is visible anywhere in the world. Ticket information is stored electronically in a secure airline database.

An electronic plane ticket is just a number in the carrier’s database, which contains information about the passenger’s flight.

All information is printed on the itinerary receipt, which does not have a universal form: each airline or agency selling air tickets has the right to use its own form.

Note! Passenger details must match passport details. Check your itinerary receipt as soon as you receive it.

If you notice an error, urgently call the feedback numbers or write to the air carrier’s email.

An electronic plane ticket is just a record in the computer’s memory, so you can only print out the itinerary receipt, which will be sent to the passenger’s mail.

The itinerary receipt can also be found in your personal account on the order page. To access your order, you need to log into your personal account or follow the link in the flight booking email and enter the access code.

It is not necessary to print the itinerary. However, practice shows that it is still better to have it with you when traveling, especially abroad.

An itinerary receipt may be needed when entering the airport to present to security services, as well as during customs inspection or passport control.

It will also be useful if you go on a business trip, since it will become a reporting document for the accounting department.

Print out the itinerary receipt on a regular printer, on standard office paper. No special forms are required for this.

Advice! If you can’t print it, at least take a photo of the itinerary receipt on your phone. In most cases, it is not required anywhere, but different situations arise.

The undeniable advantage of an electronic air ticket is that its purchase is completed very quickly, without unnecessary fuss.

Other advantages:

An “E-ticket” cannot be lost, like its paper counterpart.
Can be purchased from anywhere and for anyone.
You can save money because the cost of the paper version of the ticket includes the price of the form and other expenses.
The service makes it possible to select and book a seat on the plane in advance.

The first thing you need for online booking is a computer with Internet access. It is enough to enter a key phrase into the search, and a lot of resources with this service will immediately pop up.

For the current 2019, the most well-known and reliable services are considered to be:

These services collect information from many airlines and offer the user the most convenient option.. All that remains is to enter the departure date, the number of passengers and select a ticket based on cost and conditions.

The advantage of such services is that they allow the buyer to compare offers from different air carriers.

You can also book an electronic plane ticket on the airline website. For example, you can go to the Aeroflot website (https://www.aeroflot.ru) and easily select a ticket for the required date.

Note! Electronic booking on the airline’s website allows you to buy a ticket without extra charges. In addition, various promotions are often announced on websites, information about which is not indicated on air ticket services.

Once you have selected the appropriate ticket, confirm your purchase and follow further instructions. Enter your passport details and pay for your purchase.

After your purchase, you will receive an itinerary receipt to your email address, which is best printed out.

Passengers usually have to go through the check-in procedure at the airport, even if they have an electronic ticket. But this can be avoided if you first go through the online check-in procedure.

This will eliminate the need to stand in long lines and arrive at the airport long before departure.

Electronic check-in begins approximately 24 hours before departure and ends 1 hour before departure.. To check in online, you need to enter your passport details, ticket number or booking code on the airline's website.

During online check-in, you can select and book seats on the plane.

The passenger assigns the seats he likes and then prints out his boarding pass. Baggage can also be checked in online.

Is it possible to book an e-ticket without paying?

Yes, you can. Some services provide time (up to 10 days) after the ticket is confirmed, which allows the passenger to accurately determine the date.

After this time has expired, the passenger confirms or cancels the reservation.

Note! You can select a specific seat on the plane only after payment. However, the service of choosing a seat before online registration is provided for a fee.

To become the owner of an itinerary receipt, you must indicate your e-mail when booking a ticket online on the “Payment” page.

As soon as funds have been paid for the ticket, an itinerary receipt with all the details of the upcoming flight will be sent to your email address.

Payment methods for electronic air tickets:

MasterCard/Visa bank cards;
electronic payment systems (WebMoney, Yandex Money, etc.).

Important! Some websites selling airline tickets may require you to present the card used to pay for the ticket for security purposes.

How to use an electronic plane ticket?

To use your ticket, you must arrive at the airport on time and register (if you have not completed it online).

To check in at the airport you will need:

passport;
birth certificate (if children are flying with you).

Important! It is better to save the printed itinerary receipt and boarding pass. Those flying on a business trip will need them to present to the accountant as a reporting document.

A boarding pass is issued to passengers after checking in for the flight.

When checking in online, you will receive your boarding pass by email, after which you need to print it out and take it with you to the airport.

Some airlines allow you to check in with a boarding pass sent to your mobile phone through a special application.

How to find out the number of an electronic plane ticket?

This information can be found in the itinerary receipt and in the “My ticket” section..

The ticket number is indicated in the upper right corner of the receipt and is a 13-digit code. In addition, the ticket number is duplicated on the boarding pass.

The return of an electronic air ticket is carried out according to the same scheme as the return of a paper equivalent.

Important! Before returning your ticket, pay attention to the presence of marks like “NON REF” (non refundable).

This mark is located in the “Restrictions” column and means that this air ticket is non-refundable and the money for it will not be returned to you.

Conditions regarding exchange and return must be posted on the airline's website in the section on purchasing tickets. Each air carrier has its own return rules, taking into account current legislation.

As a rule, the more expensive the ticket, the easier it is to return it, and with the least financial losses. If a ticket was purchased as part of a promotion or at a special rate with restrictions, then most likely it will not be possible to return it; You can only exchange it for another flight.

You should also take into account the general condition of a refund: the less time remains before departure, the larger the air carrier’s commission will be and the less money you will get back for the ticket. Namely:

If a ticket is returned more than 1 day before departure, the entire cost of the ticket will be returned minus fines, fees and payment system commissions (provided it is included in the price of the air ticket).
If you return your ticket less than 1 day before departure, you will be refunded only 75% of the cost of the ticket plus fines, fees and payment system commissions.
A request for an urgent refund can be sent at least 4 hours before the start of the check-in procedure. Once registration begins, increased penalty fees for ticket refunds will apply.

You need to apply for a refund to the place where the ticket was purchased: to the airline, to the travel agency, to the intermediary’s server.

To process a refund of your e-ticket, please have your booking, flight, ticket numbers, date and exact time of departure ready.

The timing of refunds for tickets depends on the method of payment and the timing of filing a refund application. Money for canceling an e-ticket can be returned to:

checking account;
bank card;
online wallet;
in cash.

To return money to your bank account you will need:

To return to an e-wallet, you must indicate:

Full name of the payment sender.
Type of payment system (Yandex money, etc.).
Electronic wallet number

To return to a bank card:

Order number.
Bank card details.

As soon as you confirm your consent to the refund, the seats reserved for the flight will be automatically canceled by the reservation system for all unused portions of the route. This action does not have retroactive effect.

So, now you know how to purchase an electronic ticket and what to do next with it. We hope the information will help you avoid unnecessary fuss when buying an air ticket and save a lot of time.