Can I reserve a ticket without paying?

Yes, it is possible to reserve tickets with the airline without paying the full amount of the fare to the desired destination. All the airlines usually give a holding time for reservations up to 24 hours. In this given time, the passenger can decide to finalize the booking they have initiated with the airline. Once the holding time is over, the passenger would lose the seat and the reservation that they have made. The passenger must pay a minimum hold fee while making the reservation. The average hold time with the airline varies per the policy formulated by the airline. 

How to get a flight itinerary without paying for the actual ticket flight?

The passenger can get a flight itinerary from an airline by not making payment of the entire ticket fare to buy a ticket through the process of acquiring dummy tickets. This includes the passenger can make a reservation for round-trip booking with the airline traversing finally back to the country from which the travel started. It would act as documentation for the passenger to get details of the flight itinerary without actually making a payment for the tickets reserved. 

How can I get a confirmed flight reservation?

The process is quite simple to make a reservation with the airline with confirmed flight tickets to travel. The passenger can resort to various methods of reservation of the flight, the most prominent one through the airline's official website. The steps to do the same are given here as follows:

• Ruffle through the official website of the airline.
• Peruse the landing page to find the Booking icon and click on it.
• Enter the details as asked on the departure and destination country, the date of travel, and the number of passengers, and choose the search tab. 
• The new page would show details of all the flights with the prices and the cabin class for travel.
• Select a flight you prefer and book by logging in with the credentials. 
• Finalize the booking and make the payment for final submission.
• The team will share a confirmation mail with details of the confirmed flight reservation.

What is the difference between reserved and ticketed tickets?

The basic difference between the reserved and ticketed tickets is given below for the perusal of the passenger:

• Reserved tickets: The passenger can make a reservation of the ticket in the airline in which they would like to travel with a minimum holding fee where the airline would hold up the seat for the passenger without actually issuing a final booking. The passenger gets allotted a PNR number against the reservation process they have initiated. 

• Ticketed tickets: These are the final booked tickets for which the passenger has made a booking by making the full payment. The passengers would get their E-ticket number, marking a final confirmation for the prearrangement made. 

What does reserved but not ticketed mean?

It simply means that the passenger has made a reservation with the airline, which has led to the team issuing the PNR number to the passenger. However, the passenger will not be issued an E-ticket number with valid documentation against the passenger's travel with the airline. It would be done once the passenger makes a full fare payment for the ticket purchase.