Actually easyjet at least are remarkably low-tech, they have a printed list of names and all they do is look at the passport and cross off the name with a highlighter. OTOH BA now have machines into which you can insert any credit card in your name and it will figure out who you are and print you a boarding card, no people or tickets involved at all.
There's also the fact that fraudsters are mostly likely to want cash and not free flights!
It was more like if you were able to get a passport and a permission to visit, say, the UK, then you would get a form from the Soviet central bank entitling you to buy a plane ticket to London. If you cancelled the trip you had to return the ticket.
Steve.
Yes, that sounds like the correct procedure. UK Visa first, then exit permit and passport, then airline ticket. From what I recall, the passport always came at the last minute.
You need the card used to book the ticket. Otherwise anyone with the same name could collect your ticket and the system would also have problems if two John Smiths were travelling at the same time.
Steve
No you don't, it worked perfectly well for me with a ticket bought for me for a business trip (somewhat to my surprise I must admit).
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