Flights cheaper in D.R.?

How do you plan to gain entry to the DR without an already purchased return ticket? Do you have Dominican Residency?

Sugoya said:

Crap! D.R. is like that too now? I guess I just have to adapt with the times. Anyway, I'd still like to know about flight prices over there and any potential websites with flights over there, and if necessary I'd have someone purchase it for me and potentially send it over to me.

I do not have Dominican residency. I got an address and a whole family over there, but no residency. Are they real strict about it like that? I don't have my father's skill to bribe them.

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It's not the country it's the airline.
AA, DL, CO etc will not let you on the flight if you do not have a RT. One way around it Si to book a reservation, non-paid, on a competing airline (which they cannot check whether is ticketed or not) and bring in the official itinerary printout from the competing airline as a proof of your return travel arrangements.

rubio_higuey said:

It's not the country it's the airline.
AA, DL, CO etc will not let you on the flight if you do not have a RT. One way around it Si to book a reservation, non-paid, on a competing airline (which they cannot check whether is ticketed or not) and bring in the official itinerary printout from the competing airline as a proof of your return travel arrangements.

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Somebody explain to me how all of the expats who live in DR and don't have residency got there?
Buy returning flights and then cancel them?

Sugoya said:

So, let's say I book the reservation on a competing airline, I need a credit card for that, right? And then would I simply be able to cancel via online or telephone. I've never done that kind of thing before. Do any of you have any examples or positive/negative stories about this method?

Also, can any of you tell me the typical price now and in August of a one-way flight from Santo Domingo to NYC.

Muchas Gracias.

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You can book a flight at Copa Airlines, Airline Tickets, Last minute airfare to Latin America, travel to Central America. and hold the valid reservation without paying for it for up to 72 hours. You do it a day before your trip, pick up the Copa itinerary and show at the AA/DL/CO counter if asked.
I was never asked for return ticket (I was, actually travelling return portion) on Air France flights to the DR...

SKing said:

Somebody explain to me how all of the expats who live in DR and don't have residency got there?
Buy returning flights and then cancel them?

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Although I now have my residency, I have travelled many times from the UK to the DR on a one way ticket and was never asked to see a return ticket or whether I had residency. I believe they are much more strict if travelling from the USA or Canada as I have a few friends who have been caught out at the airport and had to book a return flight there and then and cancel it later. However bare in mind that you will have to pay more for a cancelable ticket and it can take a while to get your money back.

Most people try to find a cheap return ticket and just don't bother using the return portion or, as other posters have said, reserve a ticket just before your flight and take the reservation confirmation to the airport with you if they ask.