Definitions

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  • noun A reservation, as for a seat on an airplane, for which confirmation is granted electronically in place of a printed ticket.

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  • noun A virtual ticket, especially for a flight, that is issued electronically.

Etymologies

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From e- +‎ ticket.

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Examples

  • My current “confirmed e-ticket” shows me taking off from Heathrow at 9: 55 and landing in Hartford at 15: 40.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • Paper Proof of Travel : Make sure you take an itinerary or e-ticket printout to the airport.

    Diya Luke: A Minor Diversion: Making Your Flight In India Diya Luke 2012

  • My current “confirmed e-ticket” shows me taking off from Heathrow at 9: 55 and landing in Hartford at 15: 40.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jean 2009

  • However, the following morning a booking "confirmation" email/e-ticket arrived for the flights easyJet had refused to sell me.

    EasyJet is billing me for tickets they refused to sell 2010

  • Passengers who purchase these combined itineraries will be able to travel on a single e-ticket, check their bags to their final destination and receive boarding passes for both carriers 'flights upon checking in with JetBlue in the U.S. or SAA in southern Africa, JetBlue said.

    JetBlue, South African Airways Form Alliance 2010

  • Five minutes after Zagaev and Loving hung up, a man named Richard Hill bought an e-ticket to Seattle from Philly.

    Edge Jeffery Deaver 2010

  • The recession has hit the Happiest Place on Earth, and Disneyland Anaheim is losing 300 cast members, Disney corporate offices 200, with the biggest loss at Disney World in Orlando where 1,400 people will be getting an e-ticket ride to the unemployment line.

    Lisa Derrick: It's a Small, Sucky World: Disneyland Sacks 1,900 Park Employees 2009

  • The police were called and I would like to thank them for everything, including trying to make her laugh and making sure she and her two friends could get back to Cambridge (they could - I made them take a photocopy each of the National Express e-ticket).

    Birthday « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • BPN 1314 Dutch railway co. starts e-ticket service...

    BPN 1309 Back in the Middle East Jak Boumans 2009

  • If you want to get the Twitter monkey off your back, but still buy an e-ticket to the social media wild ride, try these seven smart strategies:

    Karen Leland: I'm All A Twitter: 7 Tips To Manage Your Twime 2009

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  • "Back in the day" You would buy separate tickets for the rides at Disneyland. The rides were classified as "A rides, B rides, C rides", etc. The coolest rides were "E ticket" rides.

    There's a reference to an "E Ticket" in a song by Julie Brown "The Homecoming Queen Has A Gun"

    November 6, 2014