Get Onward Ticket
Plain-English answers from people who've worked both sides of the border counter. Written daily by four travel-industry insiders.
Japan Airlines applies the entry rules of the country you're flying into, not rules of its own. Here's how to prepare an onward ticket the check-in agent can actually find.
A hotel booking and an onward ticket answer two different questions. Here are five steps to make them agree on dates, names and routing before you reach the desk.
ANA staff check documents on behalf of the country you're flying to, so a one-way fare can trigger a question about onward travel. Here's how to prepare for it in five steps.
Egypt's entry rules vary by passport, and airlines often ask for onward proof before you board. Here are four steps to check the rule and carry the right proof.
Uruguay can be entered by air, ferry or land border, and each route raises the onward-travel question differently. Here's a calm five-step way to check.
Panama's airline check-in desks often ask for proof of onward travel. These five steps take you from checking who asks to holding a booking you can show.
A valid onward ticket is a booking an agent can look up, not a good-looking PDF. Here are six steps to check yours before a check-in desk or consulate does.
Chile checks onward-ticket proof differently at the Santiago airport versus its Andean land borders. Here is exactly what to have ready at each one.
Argentina's visa exemption does not remove the onward-ticket check airlines run at the counter. Here is what actually gets verified before you board.
Connecting flights change who asks for your onward ticket and which country's rules they check. Here's how through-tickets and self-transfers differ, and how to prepare for both.
Brazil's onward-ticket check runs through the airline more than the border, and land crossings behave differently than flying into São Paulo or Rio. Here's what actually gets checked, and where.
A dummy ticket is a real reservation held in an airline GDS, and how it is ticketed determines whether it holds up at check-in or a border desk.