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Oct 16, 2015 | 8:37 am

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oliver2002

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Originally Posted by warakorn

I do understand the point, however, the airline cannot defend themselves by quoting TIMATIC. And again, I make the same point as NickB. The airline would not have been fined by Belgium, because there is no explicit onward ticket requirement.
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Well, a document does not have to be a ticket. A mere printed out online Visa application confirmation with a visa agency would suffice.

Then why even have TIMATIC? Lets just base all boarding decisions on the common sense of a underpaid gate agent in an outstation

Like this story where US/AA didn't allow a US citizen to fly to Greece with a tattered passport: http://www.flyertalk.com/articles/br...-passport.html

Last edited by oliver2002; Oct 16, 2015 at 8:42 am

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