Proving I'm leaving Thailand...

Re# Friendly Check In Girl .

No , I am not so certain I would be asked I never said that ! Didn't you read what i said ? I said quite often outside Asia they do ask for flight ticket - I didn't say every time.

And to respond what you said in reply # 8

• QUOTE - "Going by the reports on this forum it strikes me that the only airlines ever asking this question are the ones that work in the ALTEA check-in system and cannot be bothered with a workaround. If you come across the word.......'

  No sorry, actually any airline regardless of system has a right to demand flight ticket . The reason is that Thai immigration has the power to demand that . Case in point is that I knew of someone who had prior drug convictions in Thailand which were noticed by airport immigration at Bangkok . He was led to a room and told he would only be admitted if he had a FLIGHT TICKET to another country OUTSIDE STH EAST ASIA REGION.
  Do you understand ? Thai immigration can demand anything it likes when they take a dislike to someone . That's the reason why some airlines want to see a flight ticket and in some cases they prefer it be out of the region.

I'd still make an exception for you Dave.

BTW your entire argument is flawed in that you fail to recognise the fact that airlines are issued with a "bible" clearly setting out all documentation requirements for any destination dependent on nationality. This may or may not correspond to what is written on any consular website. In the case of Thailand it is most certainly not a confirmed flight ticket, it is documentation for onward travel.

Your particular example is of no interest to the airline, at no stage has a requirement for a flight ticket to "a country OUTSIDE STH EAST ASIA REGION" ever been a boarding requirement. No fine, no interest.

Friendly, out of curiosity, is there a webpage where we can view the requirements used in the Amadeus system?
Short google came up with nothing...

As far as I am aware there is no public access to this data base.

Too bad. Understandable however.

Is it comprehensive at least? Making difference between no visa/visa on arrival/various types of visa?

QUOTE - "Your particular example is of no interest to the airline, at no stage has a requirement for a flight ticket to "a country OUTSIDE STH EAST ASIA REGION" ever been a boarding requirement. No fine, no interest."

It can be , and there are cases where airlines have quibbled about it. Airlines can make any decision they like about what sort of ticket they will accept if you don't have a visa just as Thai immigration can in the rare cases where it does demand an onward ticket irrespective of what your 'bible' says.

QUOTE - "This may or may not correspond to what is written on any consular website. "

I had already pointed out that embassy and consular websites were not always reliable anyway.

#34 Yes it's comprehensive in that it gives all options available to any particular nationality to satisfy entry requirements. There is everything there to keep the airline squeaky clean in respect of paying fines for inadmissables.
We don't check for criminal records LOL

Hi,

So to all the knockers, what happens when you are asked for an onward flight ticket (if no visa) and told you will not board without? It has happened to me and more than once as posted before. Easy to quote rules etc but try telling the poor guy at check in who is being told onward proof of travel or no boarding. Flight leaving soon, no onward travel proof, check insisting on proof, go on what would he do?

For repetitions sake it has happened (rightly or wrongly) it has.

Brax

Yes, happened to my brother in laws last December.