andie&jase

So things are moving along quite nicely now with our visa, and I will hopefully be getting an interview within the next month or so.

I was wondering what you all did about your flight when you moved over there? It's just that I have checked with BA, who I will definitely be travelling with, and their one-way ticket is so much more expensive than the return!

I know how finicky Immigration can be about details, so if I booked the cheaper return ticket, do you think it would be questioned at the POE and jeopardise my entry?

Elvira

Why on earth would it? You are not going to be a prisoner of the US you know

Manc

get a return ticket, if ya don't use it so what?

andie&jase

Hahaha I thought maybe I was being a bit paranoid, but that's how this whole visa process has got me!! Plus the fact I'm exceptionally unlucky in most things that I do, and things are going so well at the moment that I'm just waiting for something to go wrong.

I wonder if anyone actually pays for the one-way tickets? It's like £322 more expensive just to go one direction!

Elvira

I very much doubt it! For one thing, one-way tickets raise suspicion with airline security.

Good luck - I'm sure it'll go well

Dan725

On my flight over, I did get a one way, only reason was that I paid for it with one way airmiles (half the cost in airmiles of a return). But you are right, the actual ticket price was something like £800, with the return being £400 or so!

Airline ticket pricing seems to be a black art, with a logic known only to those who make a living from it!

ironporer

Oddly enough, the airlines are losing money hand over fist and wonder why.

Manc

Just the American Airlines...........and state run monstrosities like Alitalia / Olympic.

despite their pension hole, BA are doing ok.......Lufthansa are kicking Ass, Emirates and Singapore Airlines can't buy planes quick enough.

mickmills

when i moved here, had a return ticket. didn't have any problems at the poe.

Angry White Pyjamas

I think there is a feeling amongst about to be immigrants that makes them think the POE officers are stormtroopers just itching to find a reason to prevent them entering the country.

andie&jase

haha well I've come this far, I just don't want to be tripped up at the very last hurdle by something as silly as a return ticket.

thanks for everyones input

NJ_Dave

Same here. The CBP officer seemed more concerned with making sure that my passport was stamped with my visa, and that all of the stuff in my brown envelope was in order. I don't think it even crossed his mind whether or not I had a return ticket. After all, why should he give a shit about American Airlines losing a few hundered dollars through me not turning up for my return flight? They usually over-book the JFK-Heathrow flights anyway, so I doubt that my seat went to waste.

gsnichol

Just make sure there isn't some stupid small print whereby they levy an additional charge to your credit card to equate to the cost of a one-way ticket if you don't use the return portion. The cross-Channel ferries do this. Or pay in cash..

I came here on a one-way ticket which was about 10 pounds cheaper than a return with a randomly-selected return date, but I wasn't paying for it anyway.

Bob

Reason why, if you ain't admitted to the US, the airline has to pay for your removal, so they charge more.

Don't know if you can flog your un-used portion of a flight anymore, don't think you can, so bin it.

I guess that's what most do around here...me, I got a one-way standby ticket for peanuts.

Angry White Pyjamas

Heh understandable.

Well we booked one way as it was cheaper at the time. And if it helps we had no issues with anything at the POE (Newark). The officers were most helpful. We waved our envelope at someone and after being allowed to go through the Citizens and Residents line to avoid the queues of tourists we had an hour or so wait in secondary while they processed some people who they didnt like the look of, then they just called us up, took our fingerprints, checked our envelope and welcomed us to the country. That was it. No drama, no inquisition, no bright lights in the eyes or talk of sharp objects under our fingernails. All in all I simply got the impression they wanted to do their job then go home as much as anyone else.

Hope it all goes smoothly for you and good luck in your new life!