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Traveling to Vietnam for the first time next week, should I get a fake onward flight? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by IntelligentLeading11@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Do you think it's worth it? Have anyone that been there been asked for it lately? Also I'm planning to get safety wing insurance, should I get it before I go there? Do they ask about it at immigration? Any other important advice before going?

Appreciated in advance. By the way if anyone is in Saigon and wants to hang out feel free to dm me. I have an apartment there for a month and then I may stay another month or go to danang, depends on how I feel about it.

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[–] jrosenkrantz@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I used OnwardTicket for my entry into Vietnam back in May and almost every other country. I always buy it on the way to the airport just in case, it’s a small fee to save the headache at the check in counter. I’ve never encountered any issues

[–] IntelligentLeading11@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Perfect. I will try it.

[–] IntelligentLeading11@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Some people seem to be saying that using this is illegal. Do you know anything about it?

[–] broadexample@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OnwardTicket is not much different from creating your own ticket in Photoshop. Yes it might "check" on the airline website, but it will not be a "confirmed" reservation (since you're not getting a ticket number), and immigration regulations require a confirmed flight. And if they get serious about it, they will quickly find out that you don't have a real ticket and did this in order to deceive the immigration - i.e. the end result is the same as if you used Photoshop, but you wasted $12.

What you should have done instead is to book a fully refundable flight out of country. This could be either:

A fully refundable fare to any 3rd country (you don't need to have a visa for it);
Any direct fare to the USA leaving in more than 7 days bought on the airline website - even basic fares work but you'd have to cancel within 24 hours to get a free refund;
Any fare using airline miles if your status is high enough to allow award redeposition without fees.

Otherwise, just use Photoshop/Paint.

[–] robemoveson@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But onward ticket is verifiable within 24hrs, isn’t it? Like it has a PNR where the airline/ immigration system can check? That’s what I have always known. 😅

[–] broadexample@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If they check the PNR they will see that the ticket has not been issued (there's no ticket number) and thus you do not have the confirmed onward reservation. Similar to how "hold your price" works at the airlines which offer this service - you get a verifiable reservation but not a ticket number and its not a confirmed ticket.

[–] robemoveson@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Oh. That’s good to know! Thanks! I’d rather have it photoshopped then. 🤣🤣

[–] jrosenkrantz@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I’ve never heard anything about legal issues. Like I said, I use it all the time, pretty much every month

[–] No_Wealth_5689@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Yep this or bus ticket. I got away with it one tine with only hotel reservations and told them I’d have a relative drive me at the border