My Dummy Ticket
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Full-time backpacker / digital nomad. 9 years across SE Asia & LatAm.
Priya has been on the road since 2017, mostly in Southeast Asia and Latin America. She's done the Bali-Singapore visa run more times than she can count, and the dummy ticket is part of her go-bag. She writes about it from the traveller side of the counter.
A dummy ticket and an onward ticket both live as a PNR inside a GDS, and understanding the reservation-to-ticket gap explains why some hold up and others quietly expire.
Mexico has no single onward ticket law, but officers can still ask for one. Here is what actually happens at the airport and the land border.
The Australia ETA doesn't guarantee you won't be asked for proof of onward travel, so here's what Border Force and check-in staff actually check for.
Une ESTA approuvee ne garantit pas l'embarquement. L'enregistrement verifie autre chose : une preuve de continuation, separee et tout aussi essentielle.
Beaucoup pensent que billet retour et billet de continuation sont interchangeables. Ce n'est pas le cas, et la confusion peut couter cher au comptoir.
La preuve de voyage de continuation n'est pas un document unique. Voici ce que compagnies, frontieres et consulats acceptent reellement, et ce qui ne marche jamais.
Un billet fictif reste une réservation vivante seulement un temps limité. Voici comment vérifier qu'elle tient encore avant ton vol ou ton rendez-vous de visa.
India's e-Visa has no ticket field, so where does the check actually happen? Real backpacker questions about onward tickets for India, answered.
Japanese immigration rarely asks to see an onward ticket, but airline check-in staff often do, since carriers are on the hook for repatriating travellers who get refused entry.
Unpaid onward-ticket reservations don't last forever. Here's a straight backpacker Q&A on how long a dummy ticket PNR actually stays valid and how to check it yourself.
Singapore lets most nationalities in visa-free, but airlines still check for an onward ticket before you board. Here's who actually asks, and when.
Backpackers heading to the Philippines keep asking the same onward ticket questions. Here is what airlines and immigration actually check, and when.