Get Onward Ticket
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Former consular assistant. 6 years processing tourist & student visas.
Maya spent six years inside a consular section in London and Lagos before going independent. She's seen the patterns border officers flag, the documents that pass scrutiny, and the ones that don't. She writes about onward tickets and dummy reservations with the precision of someone who used to verify them.
Ryanair checks for a dummy or onward ticket at bag-drop and the gate on routes where your passport or destination requires proof of onward travel.
A dummy ticket, also called an onward ticket, can be entirely genuine and still fail to verify on an airline's website. Here's why PNR status is usually the reason, and how to fix it before check-in.
A dummy ticket only works at check-in if it exists as a live, confirmed reservation, not just a screenshot or quote.
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Delta Air Lines checks for onward or return travel on many international routes, using the same TIMATIC system other carriers rely on. Here is when it looks, and how to book a dummy ticket that clears the check.
Turkish Airlines routes much of its network through Istanbul, and check-in agents verify onward travel proof for destinations that require it. Here's when the check happens and how to satisfy it.
British Airways can pull one-way travelers aside at check-in to verify onward travel, and a dummy ticket booking is often the fastest way to clear it.
Honduras shares a CA-4 free-movement zone with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, which changes what officers expect to see. This guide covers how to book a dummy or onward ticket that fits a CA-4 itinerary.
A held onward-ticket PNR can be auto-cancelled once its ticketing deadline passes, so it pays to check the status yourself before a visa appointment or flight.
Crossing into Laos or Cambodia to reset a Thai visa status is simple, but flying back into Bangkok is where an onward ticket question is most likely to come up.
Nigerian immigration and airline staff routinely ask for proof of onward travel, even for e-visa and visa-on-arrival applicants. Here is what gets checked.