My Dummy Ticket
Plain-English answers from people who've worked both sides of the border counter. Written daily by four travel-industry insiders.
Georgia grants visa-free entry to over 90 nationalities for up to a year, yet airlines still ask for proof of onward travel at check-in.
Delta can deny boarding if you lack proof of onward travel to certain destinations. Here's when it actually happens at the counter, and how SkyTeam partners handle it too.
Leaving a country by bus or train doesn't remove the onward-ticket requirement; the check usually happens at your inbound flight's check-in counter instead.
Even visa-free travellers can be asked to prove they are leaving the UK. Here is what a dummy or onward ticket needs to show at the border.
A dummy ticket, also called an onward ticket, usually costs between five and twenty five dollars, but the price tells you less than what is actually behind it.
Rwanda welcomes every nationality without a prior visa, but that does not mean an onward ticket never gets checked at the airport or the border.
Crossing into Cambodia or Laos to reset a Thai visa exemption raises a real question: do you need an onward ticket at a land border, not just at the airport?
Your onward or dummy ticket is a real booking, but the airline's own lookup tool can lag behind it. Here's why that happens and what actually fixes it.
British Airways can and sometimes does ask one-way passengers for proof of onward travel, especially on long-haul leisure routes. Here is what really happens at the check-in desk.
You can verify your own onward ticket PNR on the airline's website or app in minutes, no phone call needed. Here's how to read the status and what to do if it won't verify.
A practical look at what Schengen consulates actually want from your onward ticket, covering the document checklist, the 90/180-day rule, and what happens after the visa is issued.
A dummy ticket only proves onward travel while its date is still in the future. Here's what happens once that date passes, and how to fix it fast.