Firstly thanks to all of you who were willing to read that wall of text and left a comment here.
Yes, as it was already answered, my partner is not eligible for ESTA visa and was rejected for B visa. We also checked the transit/C visas, but you need to have a connecting ticket, they are almost the same price as B visa ( 160 USD ) and that leads to easy conclusion - not worth the risk, especially because of the tickets.
Originally Posted by
erikh94
I suppose the OP's partner is not allowed in the ESTA program, as they would not require a VISA to visit either. My idea is based on the assumption that transit visa requirements are lower than visiting visas. This seems reasonable to me, but whether or not that's indeed the case, I don't know.
I hope it's something that the Oscan look into if they hadn't already.
What does Oscan means? Or who is it?
Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
There is a C-1 visa potentially available for transits, but it's almost as onerous and as expensive as a B-1/B-2 visa. I can well imagine that after 2 declines they may not wish to go down this route, though in theory it's a good idea. I suspect CUN may be worth pursuing. Whether the ticket allows that depends a lot on the fare basis which will be difficult to establish at this point, though that will be visible to the contact centre agent. It may be easier, though, to put a concrete alternative routing to a contact agent to see what will be allowed.
Exactly. And like I said, you need to show them connecting tickets, so its even more risky to spend money for something they might reject in 5 minutes. ( B visa is 200USD, C visa is 160 USD )
Unfortunately Mexico also requires visa, it was on our top list if we choose the C visa way, but when we found out it also requires visa for my partner, we scratched it.
Originally Posted by
BA6501
Some fares also include, in their fare rules, that they're refundable in the case of visa rejection ("embassy statement required" or something along those lines). If you're looking to can the whole thing, you may have an out, if that's in your fare rules.
Originally Posted by
zkzkz
Was going to post this exact thing. I think nearly all fares have this.
No matter how I tried, i couldnt find the FARE RULES. How can I found them? All I Have is eticket numbers and PNR. I know you can see the fare code when you are buying the tickets, but after you got the PNR and etickets, i dont see such possibility anywhere. Internet tells me that unless I have access to amadeus, I probably have no chance.
Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
That is , ime, the exception rather than the norm. Looking at a couple of cheaper BA business fares for CDG-JFK, cannot see any such provision
To the OP -- do you have travel insurance that covers such an eventuality?
No travel insurance for such case. Never needed it :/
Originally Posted by
orbitmic
Op, sorry about your predicament. Sorry also if I’m missing something obvious but why did you call Ba/what’s the Ba connection here? Your routing sounds like Ib or ib-aa would those airlines not be better placed to advise you especially if you end up finding a sympathetic ear willing to let you use the value as credit to rebook somewhere else?
Tickets were bought through BA website. All flights are IB. First I called IB, because it made the most sense to me, but they said, you didn't buy it through us, you need to contact BA.