31.   Dan Wong, senior transportation planner at San Francisco International Airport, said the diminished importance of ticket counters would change the look of an airport departure terminal.

32.   Employees at the ASA ticket counter became suspicious and called Valdosta police, who then notified the Valdosta office of the FBI.

33.   Even with air traffic on the wane, lines at the ticket counters and security checkpoints were long, but moving quickly Tuesday.

34.   E-ticket customers without proof of ticketing may be turned away at security screening stations and required to obtain a boarding pass at the ticket counter.

35.   Forms can be obtained from their respective airport ticket counters, city ticket offices or from travel agents.

36.   Full curbside check-in, a service now offered by most major airlines, enables travelers with electronic reservations to bypass ticket counters and gates altogether.

37.   Hallways and ticket counters at Kansas City International Airport this week were bereft of the usual crowds.

38.   Her life took a different turn when she applied for a job at an Eastern Airlines ticket counter.

39.   Heightened security inside the terminal has also caused long lines at airline ticket counters and delays in meeting flights.

40.   Huge lines at ticket counters and a complete rerouting of all mail postmarked from Northern California are two immediate results of the latest apparent threat by the Unabomber.