One way ticket from US to DR - Question

Meraux · #1 08-19-2008, 10:20 PM

Will someone please explain again the situation:

Can I fly to the DR on a 1 way ticket from the US, then use frequent flyer miles there to get a return ticket, or does one need a round trip ticket to enter the DR?

Gracias

TheHun · #2 08-19-2008, 10:51 PM

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

cabarete_michel · #3 08-19-2008, 11:00 PM

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!

apdomini100max · #4 08-19-2008, 11:22 PM

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

MikeFisher · #5 08-19-2008, 11:48 PM

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

Eddy · #6 08-20-2008, 03:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xEnchantdFaeriex

If you don't have dominican residency, just like in any other country, you cannot buy a one way ticket.
sorry.

I think it a USA thing. No problem one way from Canada.

Princesa777 · #7 08-20-2008, 06:01 AM

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

Chirimoya · #8 08-20-2008, 07:13 AM

Where in Europe, Princesa? Every time I've flown from Spain (Iberia, Air Europa) or France (Air France) I've been asked to show proof of residency in the DR in the absence of a return/onward flight.

LaTeacher · #9 08-20-2008, 08:55 AM

i only ever have had one problem - with continental airlines from newark to santiago. but everytime i've flown with them since, they've not given me a problem. i think it depends on the person checking you in and what kind of day they're having

MikeFisher · #10 08-20-2008, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eddy

I think it a USA thing. No problem one way from Canada.

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