"AES" wrote in message
news:siegman-B19435.11172321062009@news.stanford.edu...
> In article ,
> SMS wrote:
>
>> > Check with the airline on this. The airline usually requires that
>> > the ticket holder show the same crdit card used to buy the
>> > tickets.
>>
>> This is no longer the case, at least not on any airline I've flown in
>> the past five years. You can pick up your E-ticket by putting your
>> reservation number into the kiosk or a credit card with the same name as
>> on the ticket.
>
> My experience also (on United, and I think others). If you have the
> card, inserting it gives you quick and automated login; otherwise you
> have to use the touch screen to key in the reservation ID code that was
> emailed to you.
Yes, but the point remains that you needed to have the original payment card
in your possession to "show" to the machine. As I have said elsewhere,
other forms of ID are acceptable, particularly in the case described by the
OP.
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