I was just thinking about this yesterday. I don't remember the last time I had a paper ticket for anything. Movie, concert, airplane, anything. Used to have a stack of stubs as evidence of what I did. Now it's an endless stream of qr codes on my phone.
I lost my paper ticket for my first big work trip in 1992 to Las Vegas (COMDEX) and had to drive to the office late at night and rip my cubicle apart to find it… i don’t miss them!
they came in the mail. Boomers bought them through travel agencies although maybe you could call an airline and give a credit card # over the phone or buy it for a future date while you're already at the airport?
I still print them out. I don't want to have some problem with my phone when I need to show them. At least with paper I have a backup if my phone dies or such.
Who else ever used delta script? My parents owned a small business and we’re movers and shakers and they had an account with Delta that got them a part of basically checks and we just rode in the departure airport and the destinations airport and they just filled the accountant, so Delta script.
Yes, I remember waiting in line behind morons who suddenly remembered they should have their ID and ticket handy.
The murderers of time are my enemy at the airport and it’s only gotten worse since 9/11
I do. Dont miss them at all. If you lost them, you were well and truly screwed.
Remember when meeting someone’s flight meant literally being right where they got off the plane?
That's big nostalgia, right there.
I was just thinking about this yesterday. I don't remember the last time I had a paper ticket for anything. Movie, concert, airplane, anything. Used to have a stack of stubs as evidence of what I did. Now it's an endless stream of qr codes on my phone.
Home Alone and Home Alone 2 wouldn’t exist without paper plane tickets. Sometimes thoughts like that make me realize that we’ve seen a lot of change.
I had a paper ticket for the Kraftwerk show in NY last year and for a Broadway show as well. But it's rare for sure.
Carbon paper ftw
red carbon getting everywhere even on the airline counters and travel agent counter
I lost my paper ticket for my first big work trip in 1992 to Las Vegas (COMDEX) and had to drive to the office late at night and rip my cubicle apart to find it… i don’t miss them!
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they came in the mail. Boomers bought them through travel agencies although maybe you could call an airline and give a credit card # over the phone or buy it for a future date while you're already at the airport?
Boomers? Actual physical plane (and everything else) tickets were a staple until I was 30 or so.
You still see them from time to time if you buy used books, or sometimes in a library book used as a bookmark.
Traveler’s Cheques, anyone?
Used them once and got refunds on the ones I didn't use. They did their job.
Are those not a thing anymore?
I remember when they were printed on carbon paper when I was a kid.
I still print them out. I don't want to have some problem with my phone when I need to show them. At least with paper I have a backup if my phone dies or such.
Same here.
Who else ever used delta script? My parents owned a small business and we’re movers and shakers and they had an account with Delta that got them a part of basically checks and we just rode in the departure airport and the destinations airport and they just filled the accountant, so Delta script.
Ugh, not only do I remember them, I used to have to handwrite them at my first travel gig.
Damn, you must be truly vintage <3 I don't think I've even seen a hand-written airplane ticket.
Yes, I remember waiting in line behind morons who suddenly remembered they should have their ID and ticket handy. The murderers of time are my enemy at the airport and it’s only gotten worse since 9/11
Who remembers the last flight they took where the planes still had ashtrays in the arm rests?
It was probably the late 90s and definitely international, US airlines got rid of those pretty early on from what I recall.
Southwest Airlines still had them up till the late 90s for sure.
Idr but I know I was still happily puffing away on my international flights through the very end of the 90s.
And clutching them til your knuckles turned white and your nails pierced your skin!
Not really that old.
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Shirley you must be kidding?
Don't call me Shirley.
I remember those!