Onward Travel tickets.....Qatar Airways

[Jack1988]

Can you show the onward ticket on the phone or better to print it out?

[DrJack54]

21 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:

Can you show the onward ticket on the phone or better to print it out?

Phone is fine. 

[impulse]

4 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

A Passenger Name Record (PNR) typically includes details of the travel agency or travel agent who made the booking, including their contact information. 

 

Out of curiosity, do all airlines have access to your travel details by PNR, or just the airline you're booked on?

 

[Dan O]

1 hour ago, farang51 said:

Do you have a link to support that?

You can google it yourself cos not sure which part on my post you are asking about?

[bamnutsak]

12 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Out of curiosity, do all airlines have access to your travel details by PNR, or just the airline you're booked on?

 

 

Maybe, possibly, certainly if is on one of the GDS's they use. 

 

You may also be able to look up any PNR if you have the six-character code and the last name. 

 

https://www.virtuallythere.com/new/login.html

 

checkmytrip but you'lll need to create an account

 

There are others.

 

 

 

If pressed, and about to be denied boarding I might say that I plan to ticket that reservation, THL-NNN, as soon as I check in, I didn't want to ticket it until I was sure I could use it.

 

If that failed I guess I'd buy a DMK-PNH on FD.

 

 

BTW, Thais may use a booking, rather than an issued ticket, when applying for a visa. 

 

 

 

 

[BusyB]

 

Perhaps part of the confusion here as to Tourist eVisa/Visa Exempt requiring onward flight is that a single entry Tourist eVisa requires ''travel booking confirmation'' during the application process. This is normally a return flight in the case of most tourists so the question is answered at check in without even being posed. (I guess the same also applies to visa exempt.) That's why very few get asked when they've got an eVisa.

 

But when someone with a Tourist eVisa turns up with only a 1-way ticket then the alarm goes off and the airline wants to see an onward booking, same as with a visa exempt pax traveling on a 1-way.

 

As noted previously airlines will be liable in the first instance for returning rejects to where they came from, possibly with a fine on top.

[BusyB]

 

I was questioned in VIE by EVA staff en route to BKK 1-way visa exempt. I told them I intended to apply for a Non-O Retirement visa when I got there. They obviously knew about that and let me through without further ado.

[Jack1988]

9 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Phone is fine. 

ok thanks. Is it fine to upload onward flights for visa application for the thai embassy in my country?

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:

ok thanks. Is it fine to upload onward flights for visa application for the thai embassy in my country?

I'm done.

You jump from obtaining a e-Visa to visa exempt entry in various threads 

Decide how you plan to enter Thailand for best advice 

[Jack1988]

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

I'm done.

You jump from obtaining a e-Visa to visa exempt entry in various threads 

Decide how you plan to enter Thailand for best advice 

I just would like to know if onward tickets are accepted for METV application on the e-visa website, in case i might end up to come back to thailand with a visa. I am still thinking

[DrJack54]

12 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:

I just would like to know if onward tickets are accepted for METV application on the e-visa website, in case i might end up to come back to thailand with a visa. I am still thinking

If using rent a ticket option then those tickets have limited validity. 

Often  48 hours. Unlikely would be checked.

A genuine onward flight acceptable.

You have received a lot of replies in various threads. 

 

[Chivas]

UPDATED

 

Saw them yesterday. What I has suspected was accurate

 

They booked the main tickets 5 weeks previously but had bought the onward tickets at the same time !

 

Course they had gone off the system 48 hours later !!

 

So that explains that clearly

 

Though still surprising they got asked for them with already having Evisa

[DrJack54]

20 minutes ago, Chivas said:

They booked the main tickets 5 weeks previously but had bought the onward tickets at the same time !

Thanks for update. 

Yes you did suggest the guys were not aware of how the rent a ticket works.

They show valid booking for typically 48hrs. 

Longer period can be obtained by paying extra. Think it's up to 7 days.

 

[BrandonJT]

34 minutes ago, Chivas said:

UPDATED

 

Saw them yesterday. What I has suspected was accurate

 

They booked the main tickets 5 weeks previously but had bought the onward tickets at the same time !

 

Course they had gone off the system 48 hours later !!

 

So that explains that clearly

 

Though still surprising they got asked for them with already having Evisa

Assume they booked the onward ticket to submit as part of the tourist visa application, and then tried to use the same one at the airport.  Should have purchased a new one, or had the purchase of a new one on stand-by for check-in.

[DrJack54]

8 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

Assume they booked the onward ticket to submit as part of the tourist visa application, and then tried to use the same one at the airport.

I still don't follow the OP.

Why anyone would secure a 

Tourist visa is anyone's guess given

Visa Exempt is also 60.

Also why would airline check for onward flight if they had e-Visa.

Doesn't add up. 

[CHdiver]

On 3/6/2025 at 1:15 AM, bamnutsak said:

When you did this how soon after cancellation did you receive your refund?

 

Just checked my Credit Card statement. Same day I asked for refund. You can do all online, no need to call or give a reason why you want a refund.

[BrandonJT]

13 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

I still don't follow the OP.

Why anyone would secure a 

Tourist visa is anyone's guess given

Visa Exempt is also 60.

Also why would airline check for onward flight if they had e-Visa.

Doesn't add up. 

The legal requirements to enter as a tourist do not change just because you have a visa. You can still be asked for proof of onward travel, and immigration can still ask for the same 3 proofs as someone entering as a visa exempt. Tourist is tourist.

[DrJack54]

8 hours ago, BrandonJT said:

The legal requirements to enter as a tourist do not change just because you have a visa.

They were not refused by immigration. 

Would have been by airline at departure..

No onward flight.

 

For others: Anyone wanting to understand "onward flight" more may find this useful read: https://backpackbob.com/thailand-return-ticket/

 

 

[BusyB]

On 3/8/2025 at 3:09 AM, DrJack54 said:

I still don't follow the OP.

Why anyone would secure a 

Tourist visa is anyone's guess given

Visa Exempt is also 60.

Also why would airline check for onward flight if they had e-Visa.

Doesn't add up. 

 

Sounds like they only had a 1-way ticket into Thailand. 

 

Anyway they don't seem to be very savvy. They didn't know the onward tkt would lapse after 48 hours. They also wasted time and money obtaining an unnecessary eVisa in the first place. 

[DrJack54]

4 minutes ago, BusyB said:

. They also wasted time and money obtaining an unnecessary eVisa in the first place.

IMO the guys chat with OP was down to "lost in translation" 

They did not have a Tourist Visa.

The airline would not have asked them for onward flight if they had a visa.

As I mentioned re link above. Just a blog from a traveller, however thinking he did good clear job of outlining topic of entering visa exempt etc via air..