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May 22nd, 2007, 02:13
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| Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Brighton
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| One way ticket? Then crossing? Hi There, I'm fumbling my way through this forum and I'm already a bit confused...  Can I buy a one-way ticket into India? I want to travel through India, into Nepal, China, Laos etc and wanted to buy the tickets as I went along to save restrictions on my (ever changing) plans. Will I have problems at borders? Last edited by tacita; May 22nd, 2007 at 04:15.. Reason: modified title |
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May 22nd, 2007, 04:30
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| brother my cup is empty member  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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| As far as I know it's no problem.
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May 22nd, 2007, 04:38
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| Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Brighton
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| So you don't think I'd be denied entry without a return ticket? |
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May 22nd, 2007, 04:46
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| brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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| No I don't but I wouldn't bet my life on it. Sorry I was just searching for something to corroborate this but haven't found it. Others will know. Have you thought of calling your embassy/some airline company? The embassy sites I come up with are deafeningly silent on the matter. |
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May 22nd, 2007, 05:16
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Essex, Endland
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| I don't think there would be a problem. I didn't have to show my ticket when I entered India. I would check the prices of the tickets though .... A return can be cheaper than a single !!!!! (You do not get many discounts on single tickets)
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May 22nd, 2007, 05:19
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| I've got a one way ticket booked with Alitalia for the 18th of July. I'm really hoping I don't need that return ticket! There's got to be someone out there who has some experience with this. Thank ya. -Dave  |
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May 22nd, 2007, 12:23
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| This is just a cameo appearance  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| We had a thread about this a few months back. Most of us insisted that a return ticket is not at all necessary. It was then pointed out that the Indian visa issue requirements for Australia stated that you should show a return or onward ticket. Unless things have changed (check out the High Commission London site) no such requirement exists for UK. I have never been asked to show any ticket, either when applying for visas, or on entry into India --- and I have never seen it asked for. However... last time I came here, I did so with no intention of returning within the validity period of the ticket. A single (BA Heathrow/Chennai) ticket would have cost three times the price of a return! I didn't use the return portion. Shop around; not all airlines are so heavily weighted against singles. Ask here, but also you might find a travel agent helpful if you have a complex combination of flights to plan. |
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May 22nd, 2007, 12:36
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| The Fortunate One  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Road
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| I have read a lot of blogs..with westerners coming into India..and after that crossing over to Nepal by road.. So how can they show a return OR onward ticket if they travel by the road.. |
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May 22nd, 2007, 12:42
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| Infidel Sufi  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: styx
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| http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...ndiamike%2ecom This question has been asked quite a few times, by the looks of things.
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May 22nd, 2007, 22:41
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| brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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To reiterate a few points, requirements may vary per your nationality yes, so contact your embassy by all means. Airlines should know as should travel agents, and I agree you'd best speak to the latter for any more involved travel schemes; at the same time both airlines and agents may not know all the ins and outs of it or care about it, or sell you a return just for convenience. And yes, half an unused return ticket will often beat a single ticket. For extended travel I'd look into 3- or 6- or 12-month return tickets or RTW (round the world) tickets, the latter usually not allowing you to ever backtrack on your route however. This is where an agent would come in handy, and there are any number of possible ticketing schemes. Just see what works out the most convenient and economical to you. Or shop around on the ground indeed. | |
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May 23rd, 2007, 20:10
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Also, I always thought RTW tickets restricted you to specific plans too. (thank you all for your help on this - I love this forum!) Last edited by machadinha; May 23rd, 2007 at 23:03.. Reason: fixed quote | |
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May 23rd, 2007, 21:56
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| On the Road, wherever I am  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: in the mountains of Idaho . . . now the red-rock plateau of southern Utah
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 | I've flown into India five times and have never been specifically asked to show a return ticket. Flying into Amsterdam in '82 (after six months in India/Nepal), however, I was asked. Wearing one of the two t-shirts I'd brought with me and sporting a beard that wasn't on my passport photo, the customs man asked me to "have a seat over there." In short, I spent two days and a night in the Schipole Airport (they kept my passport), waiting for a ticket to be FLOWN to me from California (where my travel agent was; in the days before e-tickets). Spent most of the $60 I had left on video games and newspapers - the Falklands War started the day I landed. India is no problem (at least it hasn't been for me) but watch out for Amsterdam! 
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May 23rd, 2007, 23:12
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| brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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What you could do is go to a decent travel agent (specialized travel bookstore for that matter?) and just go over your (tentative) plans as extensively as you can. Where I live (across the channel from you) there are some helpful ones who'll help you out even if you're not buying, or you can always pretend to be shopping around of course, in fact that's pretty much what you're doing anyway. Quote:
 Great story! Well, less so as it occurred no doubt. I assume this wasn't in transit then? Could be a consideration moving about I guess. | ||
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May 24th, 2007, 01:32
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Essex, Endland
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| The only place I have had to show a return ticket was in the States!!! |
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May 24th, 2007, 02:52
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bavaria
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| Even if one would have to show the return ticket on arrival, who cares if you don't fly back with this ticket? Sometimes you can get cheap offers for 4 weeks/3months return tickets, so I don't see any problems to buy one, stay in the country as long as your visa is valid (don't care about the return flight) and then buy a ticket back home or to your next country. Next time I would prefer this solution instead of buying an expensive one year ticket... the only thing you can't do is to use only the return portion... |
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