Can you please advise of the legalities of airline tickets?

Specifically, if the airline ticket is issued in my name, can a third party contact the airline to make changes or cancel the bookings? In my example the third party paid for the tickets, but they have been issued to me in my name?Can you please advise of the legalities of airline tickets?
Legally no. Once ticket issue under your name, regardless who is paying for it, a carrier contract (ticket) is validated. But the travel agency is more likely to take the paying customer side.





The seat


Airline will only make changes if contacted by the passenger or the agency that issued the ticket. However, it is definitely possible for someone pretend to be you to have your seats cancelled. If you are holding the paper ticket or the e ticket is not refunded by the travel agency (maybe it is a non-refundable ticket), you can still board the plan if seat still available. The airline will honor the valid ticket.





Value of the ticket


If the ticket issued to you as paper ticket than they need it back before process any transaction. You have control over the paper ticket in your hand and in your name. If the paper ticket was paid by credit card and you do not want to travel as scheduled, you can exchange the ticket by paying for the difference if any.





If it was issued as e ticket, the travel agency may process the refund without your coorporation. To gain control over the ticket, you can try to have the validated carrier converting the e ticket to paper ticket by paying a fee . If you are unable to do that you can exchange the ticket with the carrier, before the issuing agency refund the e ticket. Once you have the ticket exchanged else where the travel agency is no longer the issuer.





The only except is if the fare is contracted by the travel agency, you will then be referred back to them for any changes. If the payer did not protest to the travel agency, they will likely process as requested by the passenger.





Legally the passenger has the rights to the ticket from airlines prospective. But the agreement between the passenger and the payer can often be disputed in court.Can you please advise of the legalities of airline tickets?
sure y not. just make sure the 3 party have all the information required