To ensure advanced seat assignments, all Continental passengers must check in at the airport a minimum of 20 minutes prior to department for domestic flights and a minimum 40 minutes prior to departure for international flights. All seats will be released if customers have not checked in by these times. This is the only way we can receive a credit from the airlines. Reservations for E-Tickets includes all the same information that used to be printed on a paper ticket, including advance seat assignments. Last minute travel reservations or changes can be made over the telephone with no worry about picking up a hard-copy ticket.
Travelers can receive their itinerary via facsimile.
Boarding passes are issued at the airport on the day of travel. Travelers will already have their seat assignments, as long as the seat assignment was requested when the reservation was made. Requesting an E-Ticket is easy. Just tell the AMEX office that you want an E-Ticket the next time you travel. While this will be convenient for many travelers, some travelers may want to continue to receive a hard-copy ticket.