Etihad ex Manchester visa check?

[BangkokBangher]

Anybody flown with Etihad recently know if they are checking for visas or onward flights ex. Manchester if return flight is in excess of 30 days?

[kpdxxx]

have you seen the price of etihad? will not be going withthme this year

[BangkokBangher]

Agreed kpd. When they first started flying they did it right, they were priced extremely competetively to attract new custom & it worked. A good business model indeed. Having once gained that business, they have raised prices accordingly. Totally agree, not cheap anymore. Anything over about £375 pains me being the CC I am!

 

However, this one is costing £205 in total.

 

Apart from that, on topic please.

Edited February 22, 2010 by Lancashirelad

[filibuster]

Anybody flown with Etihad recently know if they are checking for visas or onward flights ex. Manchester if return flight is in excess of 30 days?

 

They should be - the rules are that you need evidence of onward travel if you don't have a visa. In the, albeit unlikely, event that you were denied entry, they would be responsible for your flight out of Thailand. The sensible thing would be to get a tourist visa from Hull beforehand - you only need to pay the admin fee up untl March 4th; the visa itself is free.

[theaus]

I know they were ex LHR in December. If you don't get the visa before you leave you should at least have a trip itinary showing planned onward travel. Agree with previous post.

That being said, I had neither and bluffed my way through, no problems on arrival and now sitting comfortable on my retirement visa.

[fostraswift]

i did a 1 way once without a visa, didnt get asked about onward journey. i had a cheap air asia ticket to cambodia just in case

the next time they did ask and i had a visa

[BangkokBangher]

Hmmm, nothing conclusive ex. Manchester recently then?

 

I've made an appointment at Liverpool consular office for Thursday to get a tourist visa.

 

However, given the current Thai political situation & the fact that i had hoped to spend some time in Bangkok, i might cancel if the sheit hits the fan big time big time Friday.

[BangkokBangher]

Just to follow up on this. I went to Liverpool & got a visa which turned out to be unnecessary.

 

Etihad did not check at all, so i brought it up in conversation with ground staff. The feedback was: "With Thailand we know you can just nip over the border & extend your stay."

 

As it turned out i left after 12 days anyway to go to the Philippines before returning for a final 2 weeks.