Forum: travel.stackexchange.com
Tags: <air-travel><tickets>
Title: Do I need tickets along with my boarding pass to board the plane
Question: I have checked in online, I have my boarding pass and preselected seat. And I have no checked-in luggage so do I go straight to security check in. Do I need to bring my ticket along with the boarding pass printed at home?

Answers:
sents: text: You shouldn't need it, and you might not even be able to:
text: Last time (that was with BA, and I believe it's been like that the last several times I flown with BA, and I've had similar experiences with other companies)
text: I was flying, I got an e-mail called "Your e-ticket receipt ...", which contained the sentence
text: Your ticket is held in our systems, you will not receive a paper ticket for your booking.
text: So it would have been quite hard to actually bring the ticket.
text: Of course you could bring that receipt, if you want something extra to document that you have booked a seat on that trip.
answer_details: author: travel.stackexchange.com/users/44187/Henrik supports the community
score: 16
sents: text: Need it - not usually Want it (in case there is a question/query/whatever) -
text: yes
text: I'd suggest at the very least print it as a PDF and put it on your phone
text: - I once had luggage drop at Dulles get very stroppy with me when I couldn't show a ticket (having checked in online and printed by own boarding pass)
answer_details: author: travel.stackexchange.com/users/65370/Rob Golding
score: 10
sents: text: No, you don't need a ticket.
text: Your boarding pass and ID are all you need.
text: And, yes, you go straight to security.
text: You do not need to go to a ticket counter.
text: One less line to stand in :)
text: (I'm a former travel agent and frequent flyer.)
answer_details: author: travel.stackexchange.com/users/65375/DaveInAZ
score: 9
sents: text: No, boarding pass is enough to pass security gates and board the plane.
answer_details: author: travel.stackexchange.com/users/41551/Kuba
score: 8
sents: text: It has been a long time since one needed a ticket to get on the plane.
text: However, I would bring either a printout or a copy on your phone (not merely accessible from your phone) in case of trouble, and if it's an international flight
text: it's possible an official will want to see evidence of a flight out of their country.
answer_details: author: travel.stackexchange.com/users/1764/Loren Pechtel
score: 5
sents: text: Paper tickets are no longer issued by any airline or travel agency.
text: Everyone has migrated to e-ticketing.
text: This means, you simply get a copy of your travel reservation along with a reference number;
text: based on which the agents look up your reservation in the computer systems.
text: Once you have been issued a boarding pass - for that leg of the journey you do not need to show a reservation copy.
text: However, you must at all times keep a copy of the reservation (what you get from the airline website in your email) with you at all times.
text: This is because: on the return leg of your journey, you will need this information either to print your boarding passes online, or at the counter when you are checking in.
text: At some airports, due to security restrictions, you may need to show this before you are even let inside the terminal.
text: it serves as proof that you have a return flight booked (for immigration)
text: in case your boarding pass gets lost or misplaced, you can use this copy to obtain a duplicate pass.
text: In addition to keeping a copy on your mobile device, I always carry a paper version; for those occasions when the mobile is not practical (ran out of battery) or a copy needs to be made of the booking details; or in some cases, where it has to be stamped separately (strangely only happened once to me in Asia).
text: So - to conclude: There are no more paper tickets.
text: Always carry a copy of your reservation with you throughout the journey.
answer_details: author: travel.stackexchange.com/users/1375/Burhan Khalid
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
You do not need a ticket, and the boarding pass will be enough to pass security.
You shouldn't need a paper ticket to get through to your flight and if you have the boarding pass printed already you can skip the luggage check-in and go straight to the security gate