The end of the paper ticket? Maybe not (Winging It)

The end of the paper ticket? Maybe not

Some travelers say there are good reasons to pay extra for an old-fashioned paper ticket, which the worldwide airline industry is trying to eliminate. Read about situations in which a paper ticket is valuable here.

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Anne Marie Smith:

I am a life-long resident of the Philadelphia area, and I use the
Philadelphia International Airport for business travel at least once
each month.

The parking garages at the airport do not have numbered parking spaces,
and this makes it EXTREMELY difficult to locate one's car when returning
to the airport. Recently, I wasted 25 minutes searching for my car,
even though I had written the garage (A), the level (4) and a
description of where I parked on my little ticket (and the color of my
car is bright red).

Many other airports around the US use one of the following numbering
conventions for their parking garages, and show signs all around the
garages suggesting that travelers write their parking space number on
their garage ticket.

The most common parking space numbering conventions seem to include:

- Terminal, Level, Sequential Space Number by level (A-4-196)
- Terminal, Sequential Number that starts with the number of the garage
level (A-4196)
- Concourse, Terminal, Level, Sequential Number (for those airports that
have the concourse as well as terminal division) (1-A-4-196)

I do not wish to suggest that one convention is better or worse than
another, just that Philadelphia International Airport would be viewed as
a more friendly place to park one's car with such a numbering scheme
implemented. This would not cost much and could be implemented quickly,
perhaps within a week, making life easier for all parking travelers at PHL.

Anne Marie Smith - IS consultant and corporate trainer

Posted by Anne Marie Smith | May 16, 2008 10:36 AM

Posted on May 16, 2008 10:36

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