airline ticket

Meaning

An airline ticket is a document or electronic record issued by an airline that confirms a passenger has a seat on a flight. Today, most airline tickets are digital (e-tickets) and are sent to your email after booking. You need to show this, or your boarding pass, to get through airport security and onto the plane.

Examples

• I bought my airline ticket online three months before the trip.

  I bought my airline ticket online three months before the trip.

• Can you please show me your airline ticket and passport?

  Can you please show me your airline ticket and passport?

• I lost my printed airline ticket, but fortunately, I have the digital version on my phone.

  I lost my printed airline ticket, but fortunately, I have the digital version on my phone.

• The price of an airline ticket usually goes up during the summer holidays.

  The price of an airline ticket usually goes up during the summer holidays.

• Make sure the name on your airline ticket matches your ID exactly.

  Make sure the name on your airline ticket matches your ID exactly.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I need to buy a flight ticket.

  ✓ I need to buy an airline ticket.

  While 'flight ticket' is sometimes understood, 'airline ticket' or simply 'plane ticket' is much more natural and standard in English.

• ✗ Where is my ticket of the airline?

  ✓ Where is my airline ticket?

  In English, we use 'airline' as a noun adjunct before 'ticket' rather than using a prepositional phrase with 'of'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• You cannot board the plane without showing your ___.

  💡 The document that proves you paid for your flight.

  Show answer

  airline ticket

• I received a confirmation email with my ___ attached as a PDF.

  💡 The travel document issued by the carrier.

  Show answer

  airline ticket