Ticketing time limit

How it is used

Used by travel agents and reservation staff; a held booking is not necessarily an issued ticket.

Example sentences

1. The agent warned that our ticketing time limit was noon, so we approved payment immediately.

   The deadline separates a temporary reservation from completed ticket issuance.

2. After the ticketing time limit passed, the reserved seats returned to general availability.

   A booking can lose its held inventory when it is not ticketed in time.

Common collocations

• ticketing time limit expires
• meet the ticketing time limit

Related terms

• booking referenceA short code of letters and numbers, usually six characters, that identifies your booking with an airline, travel agent or hotel.
• e-ticketA ticket stored in the airline's or transport company's computer system instead of on paper; the confirmation and ticket number arrive by email.

More terms: Booking & Tickets

• flight
• airline
• book
• ticket
• round-trip ticket
• one-way ticket
• direct flight
• fare
• itinerary
• economy class
• upgrade
• interline agreement