Onward Ticket Question

[qwerty]

Malasyian wouldn't sell me a one way ticket so it must be state policy(for the WC?) I am from the same country as the first foreigner in SA

 

[zaenden]

this site is useful and up to date. it is useful to print out the information and if you encounter a problem at the airport immediately direct them to Timatic (the central database the entire travel industry uses for visa and entry requirements) which is at their fingertips. http://www.delta.com/planning_reser...formation/visa_passport_information/index.jsp

 

[zaenden]

I arrived to Bs As 2 weeks ago from Cape Town with Malaysia Airliles. At the Cape Town airport airline wanted to see my onward travel or return ticket! showed them my reservation with buquebus to colonia. no problem!!. one important thing if you want to fly to south arfica from argentina you must get a yellow fever vaccination. if you dont have this you will not be allowed into south africa

 

[SabVigneux]

Hi!

I arrived here last week on a United Flight, on a one-way ticket with absolutely no problem. However, I did have a fully refundable ticket booked to Santiago on Air Canada, which has a very easy option to cancel a booking. I verified ahead of time, and the ticket is entirely refundable. It takes about 5-10 business days for your credit card to be credited with the amount of ticket (which is less than 300$).

Aside from mentioning this at my point of departure (Montreal), I had no questions asked whatsoever about onward travel, even though I did have proof thereof.

Good luck!

Sabrina

 

[voyagingknoxvillian]

StElmoFrano, I would be sure to tell the airline you plan on leaving Argentina and traveling out of the country.

I flew out of Miami on Copa airlines (Panamanian but associated with Continental, fabulous service and cheap) and was initially hassled. I told the airline I was traveling by bus around South American, and was planning to purchase a bus ticket to Chile. They made me show a credit card and asked if I had enough money to purchase a bus ticket. After that, no problems.

Suerte!

 

[JHB1216]

Hi,

I've read some posts about airlines in the US requiring an onward ticket out of Argentina before allowing you to fly to the country. I'm moving to Buenos Aires soon for an extended period of time and I currently have a one-way ticket I bought with airline miles and don't want to book the return one until I know when I will be returning to the U.S.. What have been people's recent experiences with this rule? Besides buying a refundable ticket, does anyone have tricks to get around it? Does just saying you're going to sail home or take a bus out of the country work?!

Thanks

I was tagged one time (6 flights in total) by American Airlines at the check-in gate. Luckily, I had my paperwork for my permanent residency that prevented me from purchasing a round trip ticket.

What is to say that you can not catch a train to Chile and hike to Peru and fly from there? They are just trying to get more money at the gate.

 

[JHB1216]

StElmoFrano, They made me show a credit card and asked if I had enough money to purchase a bus ticket. After that, no problems.
Suerte!

Did they make you promise to always have enough money to buy a bus ticket? It is getting a little ridiculous the hoops that have to be jumped through to travel.

 

[pauper]

What is to say that you can not catch a train to Chile and hike to Peru and fly from there? They are just trying to get more money at the gate.

Nothing, but they won't necessarily buy it. The last time I entered I reluctantly bought an onward air ticket to Santiago de Chile and they (the airline) weren't happy with it - they wanted an onward ticket off the continent. I had to spontaneously invent a story about getting married to my Argentine love in BA then going to Chile where our brand new camper van was waiting to take us on our dream honeymoon north through the Atacama to Boliva, Peru, Titicaca, Machu Picchu blah blah blah, planned for years, blah, blah, blah, 450 guests, blah, blah - the poor girl was almost in tears by the end of it.

 

[voyagingknoxvillian]

JHB1216 - I found my "promise" to the airline ridiculous as well, but I didn't have to go through the hassle of buying a refundable ticket or paying for a flight I wouldn't use.

Just be ready with a prepared plausible explanation and with proof that you are capable of buying a return ticket and you should be fine with only a one way ticket.