one way ticket - Holguin airport

more than 20 trips into Holguin, immigration has never asked to look at my ticket.

My question - what airline will sell you a 1-way into Cuba?

It can be a problem at any airport in Cuba. If they decide to ask you and you don't have one they could escort you to the counter and make you buy one -- it has happened to me in Havana. If you must leave Cuba it is best to a round trip unless you are going there to work and don't know your return date.

There are very few countries if any in the world who don't require someone entering on a visa/tourist card to have a return ticket. The immigration agent will not always ask you to show it, but you are required to have it. I have been asked on 2 of 4 trips to show my return ticket - once in Havana, once in Varadero.

They probably will not prohibit you from entering. They may march you over somewhere to buy a very expensive ticket out of the country.

Smact has a point. IF for some reason they do not allow you to enter, the airline is required to transport you home. Which, if the plane is full, means then leaving another passenger behind who they have to pay expenses for until the next flight. Thin profit lines, the airlines don't want to do this....

I've done this... easier, cheap and faster... i've book my ticket trough a web site: www.cubajet.com

They have one way or round trip tickets and confirm automatically your booking and send you the e-ticket within 1 day... i've book also domestic flights with this web site

A lot of airline company will sell you a one way ticket, just click on the option : "one way".
I have look at internet, and most flights into Cuba have this option. I was considering this because it would make my next trip to Cuba easier to plan because of the flexibility to choose both time and location for my return. I know quite a few who has been doing this for years.

BUT the comments you make about risking to be escorted out of the country sure make me sceptic!! ( and uncertainty about this was the original reason for my question)

Waiting for somebody to tell me this is ok !? ;-)

Interesting. I just went on the Air Canada website and it let me book a one way to Havana from Toronto. I didn't carry through to the payment page- just to where they want your name, address and cc information.

Irenegia. You pays half your money, you takes your full chances. What percentage of guarantee do you need that you won't be asked to show a return ticket? The majority of people here haven't been asked for one. Is that enough?

This is probably a comparison of apples and oranges, but they said on the Costa Rica branch that the Immigration people have your flight details in front of you when you present yourself and your passport to them. Cuba too?

Not trying to tell you not to do this - just stating things you may want to think about.

Cheapest deal, depending on where you are coming from --- get a cheap return charter ticket from Toronto, and throw the return away...

Some airlines charge more for a one way ticket than a round trip
to discourage people from going in like they are never coming out.
This is not usually the case in latinamerica, shop around.

All of the various airlines that fly into Cuba will sell you a one -way ticket. Can't believe that so-called experienced travellers find this surprising. On check-in the airline MAY require you to show that you have a return ticket booked with another airline(e.g. arrival with Mexicana Cancun-Havana; exit with LAN Havana-Santiago de Chile).. On arrival Cuban immigration MAY require you to show that you have an exit flight booked. So you take a risk in not having an exit booked.

Like smact I have never been asked for this and on 2 occasions had no exit booked.