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.
Airlines check onward tickets because they are legally liable if they do not. Land border crossings usually have no such carrier, so the rules, and the risk, change completely.
El Salvador's entry rules run on a shared CA-4 clock with Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and an onward ticket can still be checked at any border in the zone.
Your onward ticket confirmation looks fine, but the airline's own site can't find the PNR. Here's what that gap usually means, and what to check before you assume the booking failed.
Validité du visa et durée de séjour ne sont pas la même chose. Voici 6 choses à savoir sur le billet de continuation avant votre entretien B1/B2 et votre vol.
Un billet fictif est légal, un faux document ne l'est pas. Voici les 5 choses qui séparent une réservation en règle d'un vrai problème au comptoir.
A dummy ticket only works if its PNR actually verifies on the airline's website. Here is the exact five-step check gate agents and consulates use.
Getting turned away at the gate for a missing onward ticket doesn't have to end your trip. Here's what actually gets you rebooked, and why EU compensation won't cover it.
A US B1/B2 visa interview and an airline check-in counter check completely different things. Here's where a dummy ticket, also called an onward ticket, actually comes into play.
A Thailand tourist visa application lives or dies on one checklist item: proof of onward travel. Here is what consulates actually check, and where a dummy ticket fits in.
A dummy ticket is legal when it's a real, verifiable reservation. Here are the five things that actually separate a compliant onward ticket from document fraud.
A dummy ticket isn't fake and it isn't automatically illegal, but travelers still get its basics wrong in ways that cost them at check-in or the border.
Le guichet visa Schengen a tout vu passer côté faux documents. Voici les sept points que doit montrer ton billet fictif pour passer sans accroc.