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title: "What is Ticket number? | Benefit Systems"
description: "A ticket number is the thirteen-digit identifier of an issued flight ticket and the proof that a booking has been paid for and ticketed."
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# What is Ticket number?

A ticket number is the thirteen-digit identifier of an issued flight ticket and the proof that a booking has been paid for and ticketed.

Also called: E-ticket number.

## How it works #

The first three digits name the issuing airline and decide who handles refunds and reissues. Without a ticket number there is a reservation but no right to travel, a distinction that matters in airline failures, card disputes and retroactive mileage claims. It appears on the booking confirmation and in the customer account.

## Not to be confused with #

A ticket number is not the same as a booking reference: the reference leads to the reservation, the ticket number evidences payment and the issued document.

## In German #

The German term is Ticketnummer. [German version of this term](/de/glossar/ticketnummer)

## Related terms #

- [Booking reference](/en/glossary/booking-reference): A booking reference is the six-character code identifying a reservation record for the airline, the agency and the airport.
- [Refund](/en/glossary/refund): A refund is the repayment of the fare when a flight is cancelled or the passenger no longer wants to travel after a disruption.
- [Fare rules](/en/glossary/fare-rules): Fare rules are the conditions attached to a specific airfare covering changes, refunds, validity, stopovers and mileage earning.

## Articles that use this term #

- [When do you get money back for a flight you didn’t take?](/en/knowledge/refunds-for-unused-flights)
- [What’s in the fare rules, and why read them?](/en/knowledge/fare-rules)
- [When must an airline rebook you on a competitor?](/en/knowledge/rebooking-on-competitors)
- [Why award space disappears while you’re booking it](/en/knowledge/disappearing-award-space)
- [What is an error fare, and can the airline cancel it?](/en/knowledge/error-fares)