With all the air travel chaos, much has been posted here and elsewhere regarding problems with EZ Air. Generally, advice posted seems to be to insure your "confirmed" reservations are "ticketed" as soon as possible by requesting "early ticketing" whenever possible. I am trying to understand this better. The facts as I know them are that a perk of EZ air confirmed reservations is that they are flexible, meaning they can be changed or cancelled with no penalty up to 45 days prior to the cruise. I assume this is because they are not yet ticketed. In the period between full payment for the cruise and airfare, until 45 days prior to the cruise, the reservations may still not be "ticketed". This sometimes means seats cannot be selected, and flights may be changed unilaterally by EZ air - not always to the customer's satisfaction. I'm trying to evaluate any downside of asking for them to be ticketed assuming you are happy with the flights. If the airline cancels any of the flights or segments, wouldn't they also have to rebook you on another flight at no additional charge?