My Onward Ticket
Writer
Former budget-carrier gate ops. 8 years on the "where's your return ticket" line.
Diego worked the gate at a major European budget carrier for the better part of a decade. He's the one who used to tell travellers their boarding pass wouldn't print without proof of onward travel. Now he writes about how to clear that hurdle in two minutes flat.
A free dummy ticket generator produces a PDF with no real PNR behind it, and that gap is exactly what airline staff and consulate officers are trained to catch.
Costa Rica requires proof of onward or return travel at entry, and immigration, airlines, and land borders enforce it differently.
A visa on arrival does not skip the onward ticket check. Here is what UAE immigration and airline check-in desks actually verify before you board.
Uruguay rarely gets the strict reputation of Thailand or Indonesia, but airlines and immigration can still ask for a dummy or onward ticket, especially at Carrasco Airport.
Gate agents and officers do not guess. These are the seven concrete signals that flag a dummy or onward ticket, and the quick fix for each one.
Brazil's onward-ticket rule isn't fixed like some countries', so the airline at your gate and Policia Federal on arrival end up checking for different things.
Une preuve de continuation mal préparée bloque plus de dossiers de visa touriste thaïlandais que tout autre document de la liste.
Réserver trop tôt, dépasser le plafond de 90 jours ou mal orthographier un nom : ces erreurs de timing plombent un dossier de visa Schengen.
Un billet de continuation non payé suit un délai d'émission strict. Passé ce délai, la compagnie peut le libérer sans prévenir.
Un billet fictif et un billet réel partagent le même PNR, mais pas le même statut de paiement ni la même durée de vie dans le système.
Flying into Managua on a one-way ticket? Here is what airline check-in staff and Nicaraguan immigration actually check for CA-4 travellers.
Mexico's entry rules don't publish a fixed onward-ticket requirement, but airline check-in desks often enforce one anyway. Here's who actually checks it, and when it matters.