My Onward Ticket
Plain-English answers from people who've worked both sides of the border counter. Written daily by four travel-industry insiders.
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.
Fiji's visa-free entry doesn't mean a free pass at check-in. Here are the 9 things you need to know about proving you're leaving before you fly.
Consulates and HR compliance teams check the same eight things on your onward ticket. Miss one and you're redoing the whole file.
The e-visa application never asks for a return flight. Gate agents and Royal Oman Police sometimes do. Here are 10 things to sort out before you fly to Muscat.
Wizz Air, Ryanair, and easyJet all enforce onward-ticket rules harder than legacy carriers do. Here are the eight things that actually happen at check-in when you show up with a one-way ticket.
Gate agents in Doha and immigration officers in Kathmandu both check for an onward ticket, and most travellers only prepare for one of them. Here are 10 things to get right first.
Qatar's visa waiver gets you in the door. It won't get you past a gate agent asking how you're leaving. Here's what actually trips travellers up.
Your Saudi e-visa doesn't cover the onward ticket question. These 8 things will save you a rough conversation at check-in.
Seven things about Cambodia's onward ticket rule that gate agents know and travellers usually don't, from carrier liability to land border loopholes.
Sri Lanka's ETA gets you to the gate, not through it. Here's what actually gets checked before you board for Bandaranaike International Airport.
Copa checks before Panama does, screenshots get you offloaded, and land borders ask too. Seven things to know before you land at Tocumen.
Immigration officers don't just scan your printout and wave you through. Here are the 7 things border officers actually check on your onward ticket, and what gets people sent to secondary.