ditzy(??)boy, HA and the others:
Who the hell wants a paper ticket anyway???
I do...
E-Tickets, inclluding for sub-load, are great until the aircraft experiences a significant delay requiring a re-shuffle of the passenger manifest with other flights or the airline has "over-booked" (term describing the charming habit of selling tickets to more people than they can carry) and you need to take a different flight or you simply want to re-route on an otherwise endorseable other carrier, etc. Then I have found if you aren't carrying a stamped and legal piece of paper we used to call a "ticket" you are screwed. Hold up your trusty piece of A4 paper and the staff will enjoy laughing about it on their coffee breaks.
Ridicule the old dears but I learnt the hard way to never use E-tickets. At least not until the system is a lot more closer to "flawlessticity" or there is no alternative.
And as I see it the $55 dollar slug is yet another statement from an airline management that sees itself as having an (almost) captive audience. They do it because they can.
Now will QANTAS provide a $55 discount due to the fact that there are now no "Paper Tickets"
I know you weren't serious but......... HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHAHAAAAAHAHAAAAHAAHAAAAAAA..... !!!