thai immigration and return ticket

[Pescator]

2 years I bought my tickets from Thai Airways in Pattaya and never had any problems in BKK. Until a SAS employee at the check-in counter in CPH destroyed that by demanding to see a ticket taking me out of Thailand,

 

Guess you guys had just beaten us in a national soccer match, that hurts you know! And then certain individuals can be a bit petty.

By the way was the guy in the checkin a tall handsum man?

 

[elef]

No HN, just ladies - old danish bitch, some are old swedish bitches, the only nice person there was the danish lady selling the ticket (also from SAS) who said something about her colleagues at the checkin counter that would be interesting to mention but probably is against the board rules...

 

BTW, the latest info from TG is that they're introducing a new concept of travel - a one-way starting ticket to travel in the world - yes, starting with a ticket to BKK, later can decide how to travel after that........... :evil:

[cavanami]

Just few in from Chicago and no mention of a return ticket any where along the travel path.

 

Maybe you have to be handsum man and then they don't ask....yes, I had my Brad Pitt mask on :grin:

[Palatkik]

i´ve noticed signs at the immigration at the new airport saying that you need to provide a return ticket. i´ve never been asked for one but if they´ll do what will happen if i don´t have one?

 

A long standing Thai immigration rule says one needs proof on onward outbound travel (doesn't necessarily need to be by air afaik) if arriving without a visa and applying for a visa exempt entry. Unless you look like you are off skid row you won't be asked on arrival though they may ask before boarding your flight. At BKK airport there are several airport ticket offices to buy tkts if they want to push this (unlikely) as it would be easier to escort you there (after immigration) than refuse entry?

 

There have been various scams taking place recently at 2 immigration land border posts (Aranyaprathet and Ban Laem) that now ask for onward travel I hear if trying for visa exempt entry. At Ban Laem you can dice them an additional 200B to buy onward tickets to some obscure place inside Cambodia to cover this. They also now ask for 10000B cash proof of funds as well - another obscure immigration rule invented prior the invention of ATM's? Seen so much BS at these land borders I just fly these days. Air Asia doing 99B deals this week:-)

[Pescator]

I would just love to smack a 100 bht bus ticket Bkk to Siam Riap purchased at KSR on the counter if they were to give me a hard time concerning the onward ticket regulation.

 

On 26 flights CPH-BKK I haven`t encountered this problem yet (travelling exclusively on one way ticket only), but then again I look really dashy in my long shorts. (another thread)

 

Sorry to hear that they gave you a hard time elef, had I been there on that particular day, you`d been upgraded provided you know the secret np handshake

 

 

[TroyinEwa/Perv]

I was a supervisor for a large U.S. air carrier for a couple decades so believe me if you want....or not.

 

Pretty much the standard for entering most any country is that you must have an onward ticket within the limitations of your visa for entry into the country you are initially heading. Doesn't have to be a return to home, just something saying you are leaving. That being said, it is rarely enforced by a gate agent. It is just not worth the hassle and time to look it all up. The last time I tried it, I called the embassy of the country the travelers were going to just to verify and was told I was giving them correct info.

So, if you would be denied entry by a gate agent at your departure point or an immigration agent in the country you are traveling to, they would in most cases be right, depending on the country, but also they would be an anal rententive cock for enforcing a very little used rule.

[was_usvirgin]

I was a supervisor for a large U.S. air carrier for a couple decades so believe me if you want....or not.

 

Pretty much the standard for entering most any country is that you must have an onward ticket within the limitations of your visa for entry into the country you are initially heading. Doesn't have to be a return to home, just something saying you are leaving. That being said, it is rarely enforced by a gate agent. It is just not worth the hassle and time to look it all up. The last time I tried it, I called the embassy of the country the travelers were going to just to verify and was told I was giving them correct info.

So, if you would be denied entry by a gate agent at your departure point or an immigration agent in the country you are traveling to, they would in most cases be right, depending on the country, but also they would be an anal rententive cock for enforcing a very little used rule.

 

Exactly! Although, as coops pointed out above, some countries like Australia could be a bit sticky, but I think their rule required proof of onward transportation OR sufficient funds (and a piece of plastic was usually good enough to prove it). When I worked in passenger service for an airline, we were advised to be dilligent about Australian bound passengers because of stricter enforcement and some fines the airline received. But I don't recall denying anyone boarding because of it - we just checked for the money/resources.

 

Most airlines use an IATA publication called the TIM (you might remember that) as the source of information. It can be accessed through Delta Airline's website, if anyone wants to check on visa entry requirements, here: Delta.com.

 

PS. And, to reinforce your point, when checking for docs and financial resources, we were more than happy to accept just about anything as evidence. Much easier to send passengers happily along their way than to keep them in town and continually deal with them!

[YimSiam]

Great steer to the TIMatic available on Delta! Thanks!

 

YimSiam

[WorldFun]

Experience shows that the few times one might be asked these anal questions is when unlucky enough to be meet at the 'gate' with an unexperienced counter bitch.

 

Technology is about to eliminate most of those though as electronic non human gates has already partly replaced the bitches by means of self printed boarding passes, e-tickets, baggage drops etc.

[TroyinEwa/Perv]

 

Technology is about to eliminate most of those though as electronic non human gates has already partly replaced the bitches by means of self printed boarding passes, e-tickets, baggage drops etc.

 

Unfortunately, you are giving the traveling public too much credit. Hate to say it but the general public, not all, is not smart enough to work the easiest of machines or do the easiest traveling tasks.

 

I worked for NWA and as much as I hated the fucken things, the check-in kiosks were very very simple. The hardest part about it was putting the card in the machine to tell it who are are. After that, if you can read, you should be able to muddle through. Countless times I was called by a moron passenger to have me help them with the machine. Basically, train my replacement. I many times said to them that "very soon we will not be here to help you so try to do it yourself." That was obviously met with a snide comment from the moron, I would go help them and they would be on their way.

 

Another example is 2 pilot programs we initiated to have passengers generate their own bag tags and put them on the bags and also a gate agent-less gate (having passengers board by scanning their boarding card through a turnstile type machine). Both sound easy enough but both were abandoned as, bottom line, passengers couldn't figure it out.

 

So unfortunately, we will need the "bitches" at the gate to lead the passengers by the hand and to take there verbal abuse. I was one of those bitches for too long and am now happy I was outsourced by punk kids making less than half the money.

 

Sorry for the thread hijack and now let the flames begin.