Thread: Flying to Japan

Yeah, they are fine with that. As long as they see that you have a ticket out of their country they are ok

Thanks!

some funny odd ball do ask to see your return ticket sometimes. I've experienced check-in staff (rarely), immigration officer (even more rare) and custom officer (what does my ticket has anything to do with you?!?) asking to see your ticket.

Japan is the country I nonrev to most. I don't think I've ever been asked to show a return ticket there. In places where they do ask, the printed return "reservation" is good enough. Funny you should ask this, in that when I travel by myself, I often only make one-way reservations and don't book the return until some later point. I get detained in the UK by immigration every time I do this, so having the paper in hand saves drama.

Years ago we flew from BKK to PEN on Thai using stand-by ID tickets.

My wife was on a Thai passport and didn't have a visa for Malaysia, which apparently she should have had as she didn't have a confirmed reservation out of PEN. A hurried conference between Thai Airways and Immigration, resulted in a revalidation sticker showing a confirmed reservation being attached to the return flight coupon. Once Immigration waved us through, the Thai Airways lady promptly removed the sticker.

For years afterwards I kept a couple of reval stickers with my passport, in case of need.

Funny that you would say that Eric, I was in Tokyo 2 weeks ago and the custom officer (first time for me) asked me to show him my ticket. And he got really confused looking at my zed ticket which was routed all over Asia, and I had to dig out all my visas and IDs to explain to him that I don't live in Malaysia while I hold a Malaysian passport. I think if you have a US/UK passport, you prob won't have that issue. Just like the pair of blonde chicks from Chicago in front of me whom he was smiling so happily while waving them through, or is it because they are blonde chicks......

I've non-revved all over asia (China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and I cannot recall ever being asked about a return ticket. I have both visited and transited through Japan. I found it extremely effecient and I never had any holdups with customs/immigration.

Even when I showed up in Sydney and Auckland with my arm immobilized in a sling, nobody said one word about my condition. Good times!

Having said that I'd better print out something on my next trip.