One Way Ticket Discussion Yet Again

[JoeGillis]

Yes sir, to your utter dismay, I do indeed, find it hilarious because of the proximity of the two countries and the relationship between the two countries.

But I do not find it hilarious when a person from Bangladesh may be traveling on a one way ticket to USA and denied check in or a person from Bolivia may be traveling on a one way ticket to Spain and denied entry.

My point was, that every law ever made is subject to interpretation , depending on the person implementing it. Like I said, any person can overstay despite any type of visa or air ticket in their possession.

If a Argentine flew from BA to Montevideo on a one way ticket - I would be shocked to see him getting deported by Uruguayan immigration and aerolineas argentine being reprimanded. ( In fact last month I had flown on a one way ticket to Montevideo on Aerolineas and no one at aerolineas asked me a return ticket. And immigration at Montevideo, did not even ask me what i was doing there though I had filled up "business" in the entry form.

Just my 2 cents.

Why on earth would I be dismayed because you find "hilarious" a global immigration regulation that has been in effect for more than fifty years? I'm just stating facts, pal. It has nothing specifically to do with Argentina or Uruguay or Bangladesh or Bolivia. Nor does it have anything to do with the proximity of any two countries and the relationship between those countries. Again, this is a global immigration regulation, period. Just accept it, kiddo, for it's here to stay, whether you like it or not.

Just my 50 cents.

 

[Ceviche]

Just accept it, kiddo

when did you become my grand dad, ya mafcka.

I have been a world traveler when you were still in your dads body.

Some of you here seem so upset with this discussion as if you work for some airlines or the immigration of some country.

Just chill. Its meant to be a discussion.

 

[JoeGillis]

when did you become my grand dad, ya mafcka

Insults? Coming from you, I'm not in the least surprised. By the way, check the definition of kiddo. It has nothing to do with familial relations. Ceviche, you're a real piece of work. I'll even venture to say that you're just about the most thoroughly disagreeable person on this website - and that's putting it mildly.

 

[Ceviche]

Sure. Use the block function to avoid reading my posts. Its very useful for useless posters like me.

You can also start a poll asking people here to ask me to leave the forum. If at least 60% people ask me to leave, i will do so gladly.

 

[JoeGillis]

when did you become my grand dad, ya mafcka.

I have been a world traveler when you were still in your dads body.

Some of you here seem so upset with this discussion as if you work for some airlines or the immigration of some country.

Just chill. Its meant to be a discussion.

And just to set the record straight, I'm almost seventy years old, of which thirty-five years were spent working in the airline/travel industry. I believe I can speak with some authority when it comes to travel issues.

 

[mikic007]

What is hilarious is, that few airline companies are doing it for the same destination and that you can't read this rule anywhere. So person check when buys ticket, nothing, and then suddenly they prevent you boarding. You might say "50 years of global immigration rules", but the shit isn't written anywhere.

Happened to me, I even bothered to ask on Argentinian embassy and alitalia and answer was no, since you can play tourist for 3 months. That didn't prevent them to deny my boarding....

 

[Moxon]

Insults? Coming from you, I'm not in the least surprised. By the way, check the definition of kiddo. It has nothing to do with familial relations. Ceviche, you're a real piece of work. I'll even venture to say that you're just about the most thoroughly disagreeable person on this website - and that's putting it mildly.

He's certainly up there. What concerns me is that he is giving fake Congolese people all over the world a bad name.

 

[ben]

I've gotten phone calls from the airport from clients who were told by the airline that because the return was in more than 3 months, they can only board of they have a student visa or buy a new ticket with a return within 90 days.

 

[Silvie]

The only fool proof plan for making sure that a person returns or leaves the country - is by having a escort escorting him/her 24/7 like a shadow from his/her arrival to departure.

I have seen that in China in early 90's, when I had traveled there for the first time in a group and we always had a escort going where ever we went! The escort never met us , never talked to us but was always there shadowing us like a shadow.

For what I've heard, it's still happening.

 

[Ceviche]

Like once my good friend El Queso suggested to me on another thread - that many times we come here and vent our frustration cos thats what we can do at most, without taking it out in real life at real people in the real situation.

Of course, I am aware of this one way ticket issues which plagues world wide travel industry. And its not the first and last time, i or someone else will be harassed on the one way ticket.

What really bugged me was that Copa staff harassed me 3 times on this particular voyage about this ticket. First it was at the country of boarding, then it was at the time of entering the aircraft at panama and then the 3rd time - it was once I had already seated down with my laptop on my lap etc. The 3rd time, they called me out of the plane ( with my luggage) to interview me as why I did not fly direct to BA and why I was going via MV. And all this while, I was trying to explain to them that there were no seats avbl directly to BA.

I mean this stuff happens and not that I am unaware or I just arrived on earth from another planet.

But what bugged me was the 'overkill' - the same damn thing 3 times - over and over again and despite me having a valid onward ticket from MV to BA within 2 hours of my flight landing in MV. But the guys were super suspicious as if I was planning to stay in MV for rest of my life. ( Mind you many times I have experienced flights to BA being full and many times I end up flying to MV and rarely to Santiago for flying back in to BA. But never faced such questioning before. And its always Copa.

Anyway, I dont know, what was in this discussion that suddenly some members became so enraged and sarcastic and upset .

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By the way, those of you have a problem reading what i write - every foro has a block function . Use it and continue to enjoy yr day. I will be be doing the same with few of you today - so that I also enjoy posting here in peace.