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TWA Trans World Airlines Vintage Passenger Ticket and…

Worth $12–$22 · asking-price comps, September 2026

1950s–1960s · Trans World Airlines, Inc. — Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Trans World Airlines was one of America's premier international carriers during the 1950s–1960s, aggressively expanding routes under aviation entrepreneur Howard Hughes to connect the USA with Europe, Africa, and Asia at a time when commercial air travel was still glamorous and relatively exclusive. Ticket and baggage check booklets like this one were essential travel documents issued to passengers before computerized booking systems; the illustrated cover and route map made them attractive keepsakes, which is why many survived and circulate among collectors today.

Value is most affected by condition, completeness of the ticket booklet (whether coupons are intact or used), and the appeal of the illustrated stewardess cover and route map graphics to aviation and travel memorabilia collectors.

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