On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:51:40 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:
>Jaz wrote:
>>I want to fly out to SE Asia (Thailand or Malaysia or Singapore) on a
>>one way ticket. I then want to buy the homeward bound ticket in SE
>>Asia. This way I have the maximum flexibility on how long I stay and
>>where I travel.
>>
>>But.. The countries listed above all Oficially require visitors to
>>have out-bound tickets. I have a British passport.
>>
>>I don't think the immigration officials will actually cause any
>>problems. However, I think many airlines won't carry passengers who
>>don't have an out-bound ticket.
>>
>>Can anyone offer more information, wether this is a real problem or
>>just my misunderstanding? Also if there is a problem, what solutions
>>are there.
>>
>>I thought of buying out-bound tickets with Air Asia but they don't
>>issue paper tickets.
>>
>>I thought of buying a ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, but this
>>ticket costs about £80 pounds from England. Personally I think is
>>expensive and consider it a last resort.
>
>In Bangkok airport in all the countless times I entered the country,
>customs officers never checked if I had an outbound ticket. The same for
>Kuala Lumpur airport.
Quite likely, but did you actually have an outbound ticket?
Immigration never check, but the airlines sometimes do when you check
in, and you probably wouldn't noticed them doing that.
Chris
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