One-way tickets into the US and Canada?
So I have a series of weird flights I can use to get to Bangkok from London with a stop in Vancouver, where it may actually be cheaper for me to fly to Vancouver, bus down to LA/San Fran, and then fly to Bangkok, or fly to LA, bus to Vancouver and then fly to Bangkok.
Regardless, I've been told there may be problems with a one-way ticket into the US or Canada. Would it be enough to simply buy a greyhound ticket to show you're leaving the country to your new destination?
Eg:
Fly LON->Vancouver, with greyhound tickets to get me to Los Angeles (or a short flight, yet to decide).
Fly LA to Bangkok.
Presumably in this case I'd simply need to show my onward ticket for each country, be it plane or bus?
(New Zealand passport)
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Yes, have all the documentation of your travel prepared for each leg! Outline your trip briefly to the officials, explain that it was most cost-effective solution and show him/her that despite the fact that you have a one way ticket, you're leaving the country on X date. I think I've heard it's also helpful to have any other supporting documentation -- i.e. reservations at hotels/car reservations at the third locale as extra supporting evidence.
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I know someone who tried to do this with a one-way ticket from Europe to the USA. They were denied boarding in Europe (pre-immigration screening) until they purchased, on the spot, another ticket out of the USA. That being said, it sounds like you will have a ticket from Vancouver to Bangkok which should give you a stronger argument.
In my experience these rules are not clearly defined and often arbitrarily enforced. In the situation above, the last-minute ticket that was purchased to satisfy the onward travel requirement was a fully refundable ticket that was then canceled and never used. In fact the pre-immigration officer in Europe basically recommended this as the simplest solution and then let the passenger board basically knowing that this last-minute ticket was not going to be used.
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