[photopress:etickets_1.jpg,full,alignright]First the Australian and British experience. Normally I fly backwards and forwards almost like a shuttle. I have not had a printed ticket issued in three years. I do everything on my computer and through the Internet.
But in a few weeks I am flying to Ho Chi Minh City and I am using a printed ticket. I have not seen one for over two years. And I am assured that in two years from today these will be almost totally obsolete.
In China things are moving the same way. Now Chinese online travel service provider Yoee.com has reached a deal with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to promote the sales of e-tickets.
Starting the end of September, consumers who buy an e-ticket at Yoee.com and pay with ICBC’s online payment service will get a RMB20 discount.
Online payment safety has long been a bottleneck for promoting e-tickets. ICBC says it has adopted a strictly designed safety system and used electronic password cards to offer protection to the online transaction and users’ account information.
At present, e-ticket sales account for about 70 per cent of Yoee’s total air ticket sales. Another five years and the figure will be much nearer 95 per cent.
Source: China Tech News