An Avianca headache

[zack]

[This message has been edited by zack]

I am leaving for BQ next week.
Has anyone ever flown Avianca via E-ticket? They told me they didn't have E-tickets until recently. Well, I purchesed my E-ticket and told them to email it to me which they did. They sent it via an attatchment which I could not open. It required an acrobat reader, which I have used before. I tried to download that reader via the internet but it said "your 30 day trial period is used up". In other words, I have to pay $500.00 and buy the acrobat program just to open the email and print my ticket. No thanks. Avianca told me that I don't need the printed ticket. All I need is my confirmation number and a photo ID and I can check in. To be honest with you, I don't trust Avianca. Sometimes what Avianca says and what they do are two different things. I don't want to show up at check-in without a ticket and be given some bad news. Has anyone ever checked in
at Avianca with only a confirmation number, ID, but no ticket?

Zack

[Pete E]

... in response to An Avianca headache, posted by zack on Jul 24, 2004

I paid for a ticket July 2 over the phone in Cali then went to the airport July 3 and flew out.I did have to get in the buy ticket line to pick up the ticket.They did not give me my return E ticket,I have to go to the buy ticket line in Miami on 8/2..
But,I stood in line for about 2 hours to get checked in in Cali.They were searching luggage at the check in.Then like 30 min line inside the departures area for DAS(Colombian immigration).They sent me to get X rayed with 15 miniutes to go to catch my flight.I said I will miss my plane,thet said no problem,its fast.It was.5 miniutes in a little room right next to the departure booths.
I made the plane with 10 miniutes to spare.
They said check in at Miami 3 hours before the flight.I think its alot faster than in Cali,2 should be plenty.I hate people wastung my time almost as much as missing planes,which I have not done since 2000 when I couldn't get a certain Colombiana to move her a-s in the morning.

Pete

Pete

Pete

[Pete E]

... in response to Re: An Avianca headache, posted by Pete E on Jul 25, 2004

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[Gator]

... in response to An Avianca headache, posted by zack on Jul 24, 2004

just printed out the e-mail with the confirmation number and the chicas just checked that number on the computer at  the counter-no problems at all.

[pablo]

... in response to An Avianca headache, posted by zack on Jul 24, 2004


One more site for a free download:
http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

[zack]

... in response to Re: An Avianca headache, posted by pablo on Jul 24, 2004

Pablo,

I already have the ticket via fax. Every time I tried to open the email attatchment, it read "download cannot continue. Error parsing voucher"  

I never was able to open the email attatchment. I will look into that website when I return. To be honest, I'm tired of messing with it right now. Thanks for the info.

[Craig]

... in response to An Avianca headache, posted by zack on Jul 24, 2004

ZACK YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ACROBAT READER FOR FREE. TRY WWW.CNET.COM

[zack]

... in response to Re: An Avianca headache, posted by Craig on Jul 24, 2004

Craig,

I tried that and after several hours it still read "download still in progress" Must be something wrong with my computer. Avianca finally faxed the ticket to me.