11.   And the ticketless passenger will be able to go straight to the gate, bypassing the ticket counter completely.

12.   Any passenger can request and get an open seat at the airport ticket counter or at the gate.

13.   As I was walking to the ticket counter, I saw him.

14.   As the strike deadline neared, US Airways said holders of e-tickets could make arrangements at a US Airways ticket counter to get paper tickets.

15.   As we started toward the Northwest ticket counter, we were stopped by a man dressed in street clothes.

16.   At the gate, airline employees called more passengers to a temporary table, the kind used at family picnics, set up next to the ticket counter.

17.   At the terminal, just a tiny waiting area really, a small television near the ticket counter was on, repeatedly showing newscasts of the crash.

18.   At the airport, a canceled flight creates a mad rush at the ticket counter.

19.   Both curbside check-in and the ticket counter will have long lines, so it will take twice as long to check in.

20.   -- Arrive at the ticket counter two hours ahead for a domestic flight, three hours for an international flight.