Over on the We Made This blog, just the other side of Christmas, the subject of "anticipated nostalgia" was brought up in connection with the current London Tube ticket.
It made me think of these. Perhaps not surprisingly I've managed to keep almost every flight ticket I've ever had (or rather what bits you were allowed to keep) and thanks to having, a few years ago, clients around Europe with whom we had monthly meetings, have quite a pile stashed away. Now I mourn their demise. Yes, the e-ticket is very convenient but I did love the old rounded cornered, complex background patterned, dot matrix overprinted cards.
My favourite bit was that 12mm wide strip that carried the staple.
As We Made This suggest, I imagine a similar fate awaits the Tube ticket.
They're not dead yet! I work for an airline in the US and, while the majority of passengers use E tickets, there remains some use for this type of ticket. Mostly they are given to employees as incentive or for official airline business, but occassionly travel agents still use them as well.
Posted by: Brody | 03 January 2007 at 05:57 PM
Haha, it's the little things.
I mourned the death of mojo ha'penny chews when I was a little'un. First the ha'penny was done away so you had to buy at least two mojos. Then their price rose to a penny. Then the were abolished.
T'was a sad time.
Posted by: David Airey | 15 January 2007 at 02:49 PM
having lost airline tickets in the past, am glad to see the back of them
Posted by: Andy Hardman | 20 January 2007 at 02:23 PM
I like the fact that the printed info seem to always be slightly offset from the designated areas on the ticket.
Posted by: Jonas | 22 January 2007 at 02:37 AM
Me too Jonas.
Posted by: Richard | 22 January 2007 at 09:27 AM