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Well, we don't really book tickets; we book flights and buy tickets. I only like 'through' myself.

Who's we? Ppl in Yokohama?

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Anyone else have some input? Much appreciated.

Yes, I know you buy tickets but you have to book/order/reserve the actual tickets before you buy them. Right?

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Don't be mislead by the number. If your query is just "book ticket", you will get everything containing these two words. If you do a quoted search, you will see a different picture.

We book a hotel room, a show, a dinner table, a flight, a hall and so on, but logically not tickets even though many people do perceive that as normal English.

I see what you mean but if you want to analyze it down to minute details it should be: book seats to a flight on an airplane to a certain destination...

You're not actually booking a flight because it's impossible. Even if you're making reservations for a scheduled flight it's the actual seat you're reserving since the flight status is not based on the passengers but the flight itine

Even if you're making reservations for a scheduled flight it's the actual seat you're reserving since the flight status is not based on the passengers but the flight itinerary.

Sure, it's the seat you book but when was the last time you heard somebody say "I want to book a seat to New York"? Of course you can continue with this line of logic if so choose.

dimsumexpressSure, it's the seat you book but when was the last time you heard somebody say "I want to book a seat to New York"? Of course you can continue with this line of logic if so choose.

That's exactly what I mean by my given example. Booking a flight in the literal sense is in actuality improbable therefore I don't understand why booking a ticket isn'

That's why grammar rules can't explain all the questions people may have.

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