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One way ticket from US to DR - Question
I can second that. We traveled here on last Thursday, and we had only a one way ticket and they did not allow us to check in before we actually bought a return ticket.
I can tell you a trick though. You can buy a one-way ticket to here and a refundable return ticket on whatever cost. After you have arrived, just get a refund if you do not want to return, but this way you can travel.
Good luck with your trip!
TheHun
I can tell you a trick though. You can buy a one-way ticket to here and a refundable return ticket on whatever cost. After you have arrived, just get a refund if you do not want to return, but this way you can travel.
Good luck with your trip!
TheHun
it use to be true but now even the charter company allows you to buy a one way ticket I did in october 2007 without any question and before the charter company would not seel me one and I had to buy ano show return!!
it changes thankfully!
it changes thankfully!
I would second the thought that you cannot travel to the Dominican Republic on a one way ticket. About three weeks ago I traveled to the Dominican Republic at check in JFK I was prompted by an agent to use an automated check in. I hesitated and told the gentlemen that I was travelling on a one way ticket and that I had proof of return on a separate itinerary. He then told me to try the machine and that if I had any problems to go and talk to him that he was going to put me in front of the line. I did as he did and magically I was able to check in with out a problem. I was honestly amazed. Yet when you look into this it states the total opposite (go figure) here's a link hope it helps Visa & Passport Information
i travel always on one way tickets between the dominican republic and my molthres country germany. o.k., i am a resident with my papers ready since over a decade, but to buy my one way ticket back to the island from germany, always at the same office with the same agent(or his wife), i never had to show my residency, yeap they "know" i am a resident, but just because i told them long years ago, so of course they do not ask again and again, but i never had to proof that. my last flight out of germany to here been 1 year ago, so maybe something has changed since that, but i purchased my one way ticket to DR in germany and got never asked about my residency or to show it or to proof it on check in/boarding aso.
maybe just lucky, maybe just things changed during the last year.
by the rules/laws, one way tickets are only available for residents.
yeap, thereare always some hints /tricks aso.
but bwhy you would wanna get a one way ticket when not a resident?
Mike
maybe just lucky, maybe just things changed during the last year.
by the rules/laws, one way tickets are only available for residents.
yeap, thereare always some hints /tricks aso.
but bwhy you would wanna get a one way ticket when not a resident?
Mike
I always fly from europe with a 1-way ticket, never a problem.
But 1 time I went to the DR and then made a visit to the USA (so i had a return ticket POP-Orlando, Orlando-POP) But not a ticket from the DR to my home country.
And they didnt want to let me leave! I needed a ticket back to my home country, when I said i always traveled one way to the DR, they said that was not allowed (but nobody ever told me that, or said anything about it...and I flew there one way like 7 times already) According to the official rules, it is actually NOT allowed, but from europe they dont check this. And they certrainly dont check this in the DR.
If you have a dominican passport or residency u can fly to the DR one way with no problem
But 1 time I went to the DR and then made a visit to the USA (so i had a return ticket POP-Orlando, Orlando-POP) But not a ticket from the DR to my home country.
And they didnt want to let me leave! I needed a ticket back to my home country, when I said i always traveled one way to the DR, they said that was not allowed (but nobody ever told me that, or said anything about it...and I flew there one way like 7 times already) According to the official rules, it is actually NOT allowed, but from europe they dont check this. And they certrainly dont check this in the DR.
If you have a dominican passport or residency u can fly to the DR one way with no problem
no, it is not a US thing,
it is dominican law(not different to the very most countries on that theme) and the airlines and their agents in other countries have to follow those laws/rules and check the status of a person who want's to purchase a one way ticket to this country. not to get asked about that(and the posts above show that it still often/even mostly) does not get checked, is a failure of the agent/airline which sells the ticket, but in case dominican customs would deny your entrance to the country the problem would be the travelers problem, they can close their door for you and send you back on your costs, and it is always the travelers prob to be informed about the existing rules and comply to them. not knowing means never free of guilt.
like written above it looks like that still not get checked, but such can change fast.
it has been the same for entering the US where i spent long times(also a long while ago), i had to apply for the permission to stay longer than the visitor visa allows prior to travel and had to show an return ticket, even on several months stays.
looks like very similar, difference seem to be that the DR does not check anybody that exactly like northamerican or european countries do upon arrival.
Mike
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Twelve years ago when I first came to the DR, immigration required paper tickets and would ask to see my return ticket. If I didn't have one the airline that brought me here " could " be forced to return me to my departure city at their expense. Therefore most airlines had adopted the policy "without a return ticket you can't board". 5 or 6 years ago the DR started admitting people with e-tickets, so with no easy way to check for a return ticket the policy went out the window. However some airlines, IE American, still require the return ticket.
Twelve years ago when I first came to the DR, immigration required paper tickets and would ask to see my return ticket. If I didn't have one the airline that brought me here " could " be forced to return me to my departure city at their expense. Therefore most airlines had adopted the policy "without a return ticket you can't board". 5 or 6 years ago the DR started admitting people with e-tickets, so with no easy way to check for a return ticket the policy went out the window. However some airlines, IE American, still require the return ticket.
I've been travelling to the DR from Canada, 90% of the times with one way tickets, several times a year since 1983. Never once asked about a return ticket or if I had residence.
I have flown many times one way from the US, the Bahamas , Puerto Rico and other countries to the DR with a US passport and no Dominican residency, paying cash and hopping on a plane. The airline will tell you that you can't do that because they think it is possible that upon landing you will be refused, but that doesn't happen with your ten dollar tourist card and a smile. The airline doesn't want to be responsible for a traveller that gets to their destination and is denied. But I have literally walked up to an American check in desk , bought my one way ticket and gotten on the plane many many times no problemo.
I have also flown to the DR from the US on a one way ticket several times...I've never been asked for proof of a return ticket or residence. Strangely enough, I was questioned one time when leaving the DR headed to the US with a one-way ticket...I guess "someone" really wants me here!! :bunny:
I flew from Germany (LTU), Holland (Martinair) and Belgium (Jetairfly) and they never asked me for a return flight. Although the times when I flew from Germany and Holland I did have one.
I am so glad this came up! I just bought a one way ticket to Punta Cana from Toronto (well Edmonton) and was wondering the same thing!
I am going to buy a return ticket but not until I know which date I can bring my husband with me...we are waiting for his visa to come through.
Only certain flights are left right now and since Westjet quits flying there at the end of August and Air Canada is sold out until September - I have no choice but to wait and see.
I am going to buy a return ticket but not until I know which date I can bring my husband with me...we are waiting for his visa to come through.
Only certain flights are left right now and since Westjet quits flying there at the end of August and Air Canada is sold out until September - I have no choice but to wait and see.
Lexi,
good luck with the husband.how long you have the paper work in process?
it really can take some 'time'.
mostly you don't get asked for , but it comes up more frequently.
good luck
Mike
good luck with the husband.how long you have the paper work in process?
it really can take some 'time'.
mostly you don't get asked for , but it comes up more frequently.
good luck
Mike
Mike - His Passport was dropped off at the request of Immigration on August 8th - going by the wait times everyone else is experiencing once the passport has been asked for, it can take anywhere from 10 days to 3 weeks. I am hoping we can come back on the August 30th but if not, then I will stay there for as long as it takes. I am not flying home without him again
I can't wait! I leave here tomorrow night!
I can't wait! I leave here tomorrow night!