Return flight more than 60 days after departure

[LisuLover]

Do I need to do anything before I go to Gatwick, London on 24/12, (apart from buying tinsel and a red felt hat) for a business class flight with Emirates to Bkk that has a return date of 10/03/25?  It’s over 60 days and I’m wondering if Emirates will allow me to depart? 

[Goethe]

To be perfectly safe, buy a cheap ticket to a neighbouring country. There is no point in taking a risk, since the "insurance" of an onward flight is so cheap. 

[DrJack54]

5 hours ago, LisuLover said:

It’s over 60 days and I’m wondering if Emirates will allow me to depart? 

The fact that you have a return ticket (assume same airline) you should be fine.

At worst they may ask you to sign a waiver.

All folk flying visa exempt if refused boarding pass by airline due to no onward flight within 60 days....

Step away from check in and google "onwardticket.com" the ticket issued instantly. ~$15usd.

[Upnotover]

You should be fine.  You can refer them to the current IATA advice which states;

"Visa Exemptions:

Passengers with a British passport traveling as tourists or on business for a maximum stay of 60 days.

Extension of stay possible for an additional 30 days."

[BrandonJT]

33 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

You should be fine.  You can refer them to the current IATA advice which states;

"Visa Exemptions:

Passengers with a British passport traveling as tourists or on business for a maximum stay of 60 days.

Extension of stay possible for an additional 30 days."

 

I'd wager the odds of convincing a low-level ticketing agent to go against company policy based on this would be quite low.  If the airline policy says within the amount of days on arrival or says 60 days, then that's what they'll be looking for to check the box on their list.

[Upnotover]

1 minute ago, BrandonJT said:

 

I'd wager the odds of convincing a low-level ticketing agent to go against company policy based on this would be quite low.  If the airline policy says within the amount of days on arrival or says 60 days, then that's what they'll be looking for to check the box on their list.

It has always been my understanding that the airlines follow the IATA advice rather than all making up their own rules independently.

[BrandonJT]

2 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

It has always been my understanding that the airlines follow the IATA advice rather than all making up their own rules independently.

 

The fact that some airlines check and some don't makes it seem like they have their own rules.

[GypsyT]

21 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

The fact that some airlines check and some don't makes it seem like they have their own rules.

Exactly!

Also, Dr's advice to step aside and buy a ticket will not work in many cases because they check just at the plane's door when 100 are lined up. No way leave the line.

Or, if you can, they see and know what you're doing. Very risky.

[Phillip9]

30 minutes ago, GypsyT said:

Also, Dr's advice to step aside and buy a ticket will not work in many cases because they check just at the plane's door when 100 are lined up. No way leave the line.

 

Where are they checking onward flights at the planes door???  I am a frequent flier and almost always using one way tickets to many different countries.  I am frequently asked for an onward ticket, but that has always been done during check in, and never while boarding.

[GypsyT]

5 minutes ago, Phillip9 said:

 

Where are they checking onward flights at the planes door???

Thai 2x for me- One "Silk Class" dude got hopping mad - couldn't get in.

PS. Forgot: 2x in Phu Quoc too. ThaiVietJet

 

Edited 22 hours ago by GypsyT

[DrJack54]

38 minutes ago, GypsyT said:

Exactly!

Also, Dr's advice to step aside and buy a ticket will not work in many cases because they check just at the plane's door when 100 are lined up. No way leave the line.

Or, if you can, they see and know what you're doing. Very risky.

If that occured you would step aside and buy cheapest throw away ticket using debit/credit card. ~$50usd.

 

[persimmon]

Happened to me a few years ago - girl on the check-in counter asked why my return flight date was longer than my TR visa allowed . I had to argue with her for a while . She finally called a supervisor over who allowed me to check in . 

Neither of them seemed to know much about how the system worked in Thailand , yet they were trying to stop me boarding WTF !

[DrJack54]

22 minutes ago, persimmon said:

Neither of them seemed to know much about how the system worked in Thailand , yet they were trying to stop me boarding WTF !

Rightly so. 

You were lucky

[zxzoomy]

BKK to KL was cheapest last time I needed such 'insurance'. 

[Chwooly]

18 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

The fact that you have a return ticket (assume same airline) you should be fine.

At worst they may ask you to sign a waiver.

All folk flying visa exempt if refused boarding pass by airline due to no onward flight within 60 days....

Step away from check in and google "onwardticket.com" the ticket issued instantly. ~$15usd.

I had a problem where I didn't have a return ticket at all and did as you suggest but I found a refundable ticket online, bought it got my boarding pass and canceled it before I left the airport, No fee needed. This was precovid so I am not sure if you can even buy refundable tickets online any more but why pay if you don't have to. 

[Chwooly]

16 hours ago, GypsyT said:

Exactly!

Also, Dr's advice to step aside and buy a ticket will not work in many cases because they check just at the plane's door when 100 are lined up. No way leave the line.

Or, if you can, they see and know what you're doing. Very risky.

In over 30 years of flying in and out of Asia, Europe, Africa and the US, the only time I have ever had a ticket check at the door was for a flight from the Philippines (Manila) to the US and they were doing enhanced security, so they were rechecking carry on and passports.  And it was only 1 time. Never on any flight to any other destination have I ever had a ticket check at the plane door. 

Edited 6 hours ago by Chwooly

[Phillip9]

51 minutes ago, Chwooly said:

I am not sure if you can even buy refundable tickets online any more but why pay if you don't have to. 

You certainly can buy refundable tickets.  That's my normal strategy to get an onward ticket.  I buy and refund 5 -10 tickets every year and never pay anything for it.

 

Most here don't like that stragey and prefer to pay for a fake ticket instead.  I still don't understand why.

Edited 5 hours ago by Phillip9

[BrandonJT]

1 hour ago, Phillip9 said:

You certainly can buy refundable tickets.  That's my normal strategy to get an onward ticket.  I buy and refund 5 -10 tickets every year and never pay anything for it.

 

Most here don't like that stragey and prefer to pay for a fake ticket instead.  I still don't understand why.

 

It's not a fake ticket.  The company you buy the ticket from is the one that does the purchase and refund.  Paying for the convenience of not having to tie up your own money and do it yourself.

[Phillip9]

9 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

It's not a fake ticket.  The company you buy the ticket from is the one that does the purchase and refund. 

You are paying for a booking reference, not a ticket.  There is never any ticket. 

 

The company never pays for anything.  They are just creating a booking reference with an airline for free and charging you for that booking reference.

[DrJack54]

1 hour ago, Phillip9 said:

The company never pays for anything.  They are just creating a booking reference with an airline for free and charging you for that booking reference.

Correct and to add this option works without any worries.