boarding TG flight to foreign country onward/return ticket required?

[HermesHermes]

I am sure this question has been asked a thousand times but I tried five searches using obvious words and entirely different subjects came up, so...

 

I couldn't get a straight answer from the telephone agent at Thai Air - going to Nepal which has generous visa on arrival policies for citizens of my country (Vanada). Nepal doesn't care, at least in practice. Does TG?

 

Strangely return fares are very similar to two one-ways, so I figure if TG makes a fuss I will buy a return ticket on the spot. I have had other airlines at YVR tell me that I needed an onward/return ticket for Cambodia despite never having been asked. I showed them my passport - 'I have entered Cambodia ten times on this passport alone, and I have never been asked'. "Yes, but the rule is...' Result? Had to sign. form that if I am refused entry I will pay my way  to fly somewhere else. I have had some countries and even airlines say that the ticket had to be to my home country not another country. It seems too be not just discretionary but also there is a lot of misunderstandings.

 

On a related subject there seems to be some disconnect between what telephone staff are told and what the  recordings say while one is waiting. Apparently for economy fares if you reschedule (besides the different in fare, if any) one has to pay THB 3000 if rescheduled more than 24 hours in advance and 5000 is less than 24 hours. The agent on the phone actually told me the opposite so I echoed the more likely rule and she verified. But a male recording said that as of Jan. 1 the fee to reschedule is THB1000. Doesn't add up. Is this instead, as well, on blue moons, what? I got a few hard facts such as it is THB380 more to book online, and that the 25 kg luggage limit can be two different bags (or three or ten, she didn't say). And of course, the price one sees on Google Flights never match even the minus 380 fee.

[Suitcase]

On 12/21/2024 at 1:47 AM, HermesHermes said:

I am sure this question has been asked a thousand times but I tried five searches using obvious words and entirely different subjects came up, so...

 

I couldn't get a straight answer from the telephone agent at Thai Air - going to Nepal which has generous visa on arrival policies for citizens of my country (Vanada). Nepal doesn't care, at least in practice. Does TG?

 

Strangely return fares are very similar to two one-ways, so I figure if TG makes a fuss I will buy a return ticket on the spot. I have had other airlines at YVR tell me that I needed an onward/return ticket for Cambodia despite never having been asked. I showed them my passport - 'I have entered Cambodia ten times on this passport alone, and I have never been asked'. "Yes, but the rule is...' Result? Had to sign. form that if I am refused entry I will pay my way  to fly somewhere else. I have had some countries and even airlines say that the ticket had to be to my home country not another country. It seems too be not just discretionary but also there is a lot of misunderstandings.

 

On a related subject there seems to be some disconnect between what telephone staff are told and what the  recordings say while one is waiting. Apparently for economy fares if you reschedule (besides the different in fare, if any) one has to pay THB 3000 if rescheduled more than 24 hours in advance and 5000 is less than 24 hours. The agent on the phone actually told me the opposite so I echoed the more likely rule and she verified. But a male recording said that as of Jan. 1 the fee to reschedule is THB1000. Doesn't add up. Is this instead, as well, on blue moons, what? I got a few hard facts such as it is THB380 more to book online, and that the 25 kg luggage limit can be two different bags (or three or ten, she didn't say). And of course, the price one sees on Google Flights never match even the minus 380 fee.

 

[Suitcase]

Just by the fake ticket called Onward Travel for $15 and you're all covered