Return flight ticket requirements
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Return flight ticket requirements
I've got my brother flying in from Tokyo - where he lives - for my wedding; he's only bought a one way ticket because he's flying onto NYC then London after that for a trip home.
My question is: I know the airline will have a fit if they don't see a return ticket, but will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
My question is: I know the airline will have a fit if they don't see a return ticket, but will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
I've got my brother flying in from Tokyo - where he lives - for my wedding; he's only bought a one way ticket because he's flying onto NYC then London after that for a trip home.
My question is: I know the airline will have a fit if they don't see a return ticket, but will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
My question is: I know the airline will have a fit if they don't see a return ticket, but will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
I've got my brother flying in from Tokyo - where he lives - for my wedding; he's only bought a one way ticket because he's flying onto NYC then London after that for a trip home.
My question is: I know the airline will have a fit if they don't see a return ticket, but will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
My question is: I know the airline will have a fit if they don't see a return ticket, but will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
I have a friend who does this all the time.
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Yep - should be fine. You need to demostrate "signs of onward travel" - they don't care where you are going...
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
I've got my brother flying in from Tokyo - where he lives - for my wedding; he's only bought a one way ticket because he's flying onto NYC then London after that for a trip home.
My question is: I know the airline will have a fit if they don't see a return ticket, but will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
My question is: I know the airline will have a fit if they don't see a return ticket, but will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
He'll have tix from FL to NY to London to Tokyo so have him print out the itineraries for each leg of his journey. That should suffice.
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by Celsius
It's not that he doesn't have return flight tickets, is it? He has them but they're with different airlines due to his destinations.
He'll have tix from FL to NY to London to Tokyo so have him print out the itineraries for each leg of his journey. That should suffice.
He'll have tix from FL to NY to London to Tokyo so have him print out the itineraries for each leg of his journey. That should suffice.
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
will an E-ticket/regular ticket to London be enough evidence to prove he doesn't intend to stay?
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Right then. So what happens if you genuinely intend to fly into the US on a one way ticket, then drive across the border into Canada and fly home from there but havent fixed a date to fly out of Canada so therefore have no ticket.
How can they prove/argue that you DON'T intend to drive into another country from the US?
How can they prove/argue that you DON'T intend to drive into another country from the US?
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by rushman
How can they prove/argue that you DON'T intend to drive into another country from the US?
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by rushman
How can they prove/argue that you DON'T intend to drive into another country from the US?
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by rushman
Right then. So what happens if you genuinely intend to fly into the US on a one way ticket, then drive across the border into Canada and fly home from there but havent fixed a date to fly out of Canada so therefore have no ticket.
How can they prove/argue that you DON'T intend to drive into another country from the US?
How can they prove/argue that you DON'T intend to drive into another country from the US?
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by rushman
Right then. So what happens if you genuinely intend to fly into the US on a one way ticket, then drive across the border into Canada and fly home from there but havent fixed a date to fly out of Canada so therefore have no ticket.
How can they prove/argue that you DON'T intend to drive into another country from the US?
How can they prove/argue that you DON'T intend to drive into another country from the US?
They don't have to prove anything. A qualifying return/onward ticket is mandatory for entry by air/sea into the U.S. on the visa waiver scheme, so you could easily be refused entry. In fact, an airline might not sell you a one-way if you were planning on using the visa waiver scheme.
If you had a valid U.S. tourist visa, or a Canadian/Bermudian passport you could do this, however you would still need to convince the Immigration officer you were not planning to stay in the U.S.
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Re: Return flight ticket requirements
Originally Posted by JAJ
In fact, an airline might not sell you a one-way if you were planning on using the visa waiver scheme.
I was asked once at the check in desk, coming back from Mexico, they assumed VWP but I said no, AP, and that was it. I always wondered if they knew what AP was.
Never been asked otherwise.
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BA wouldnt let me on a plane to JFK with a one way ticket. (Pre visa and green card days). They even walked me over to the ticket counter to watch me buy a return ticket.. they were not happy about it at all. I thought it was rather amusing. Apparently they get fined $3000 dollars for everyone who gets to american customs without a return ticket or correct visa.