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[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, az2014 said:

You do NOT need a return ticket to travel on a B2. Not sure what happened at check in but they should have allowed you.

 

Saying that not having one is very odd and would have given a red flag to the CBP at the POE and could have resulted in you being turned back. Maybe the airline staff thought they were doing you a favour, but it was not their decision to make.

 

Im surprised you just let them stop you from checking in. Did you not go online and find the relevant info that shows you do not require a return ticket to board the plane?

I don’t know how accurate this is but someone posted in a different thread, similar subject, that somewhere in the small print, airlines can refuse you boarding if they believe you’ll be denied entry at the other end ( as the airline is then on the hook for sending you back as well as fined).

[az2014 381]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

I don’t know how accurate this is but someone posted in a different thread, similar subject, that somewhere in the small print, airlines can refuse you boarding if they believe you’ll be denied entry at the other end ( as the airline is then on the hook for sending you back as well as fined).

Possibly, cant say Ive ever read airlines small print. It would explain the whole situation though.

[ManCharsey 254]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

I don’t know how accurate this is but someone posted in a different thread, similar subject, that somewhere in the small print, airlines can refuse you boarding if they believe you’ll be denied entry at the other end ( as the airline is then on the hook for sending you back as well as fined).

This is the real reason the airlines make sure you have a return ticket. They are not law enforcement and they could care less if someone is intending to overstay etc. The real reason is due to liability. When a carrier brings someone over to the US and they end up getting deported at the POE, the airline is made to take the person back and fined (if they did not do their due diligence regarding the person's travel documentation - visas, passports etc.). To offset that, they make sure you have a return ticket if you do not have an immigrant visa.

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29 minutes ago, az2014 said:

Possibly, cant say Ive ever read airlines small print. It would explain the whole situation though.

This :

http://airlines.iata.org/analysis/document-verification-travel-trouble

[gregcrs2 1,778]

One way tickets are typically much more expensive than round trip tickets.  Not always but a vast majority of the times.  I mean seriously a expensive difference.  If it weren't,  then we will all by flying one way tickets to have flexibility of travel plans without airline change fees associated with round trip tickets if return travel plans change.  Sorry but this is pegging out my BS meter.   A one way ticket on a B visa to me is a big red flag showing immigration intent.

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1 hour ago, gregcrs2 said:

 Sorry but this is pegging out my BS meter.   A one way ticket on a B visa to me is a big red flag showing immigration intent.

I do love a good conspiracy theory 

[JFH 12,191]

4 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

I don’t know how accurate this is but someone posted in a different thread, similar subject, that somewhere in the small print, airlines can refuse you boarding if they believe you’ll be denied entry at the other end ( as the airline is then on the hook for sending you back as well as fined).

Partly correct. I work for an airline. The airline is responsible for the cost of taking someone back and is fined if the airline knowingly accepted someone who wasn't in possession of correct documents (expired passport or visa, one-way ticket for VWP passengers, and so on). However, in this case, refusal would have been at the discretion of the CBP agent as B visas don't HAVE to have a round-trip or onward ticket. Theoretically the OP wasn't in breach of any rules. So the airline wouldn't have to pay. 

 

That said, an airline can refuse boarding to anyone if they see fit. I'm guessing there was something else said at check-in, or the OP had an unusually large amount of luggage or was vague as to how long she was staying or where she was staying (check-in staff are supposed to ask the address where the person is staying) that caused the refusal, along with the one-way ticket. 

[ManCharsey 254]

14 hours ago, JFH said:

Partly correct. I work for an airline. The airline is responsible for the cost of taking someone back and is fined if the airline knowingly accepted someone who wasn't in possession of correct documents (expired passport or visa, one-way ticket for VWP passengers, and so on). However, in this case, refusal would have been at the discretion of the CBP agent as B visas don't HAVE to have a round-trip or onward ticket. Theoretically the OP wasn't in breach of any rules. So the airline wouldn't have to pay. 

 

That said, an airline can refuse boarding to anyone if they see fit. I'm guessing there was something else said at check-in, or the OP had an unusually large amount of luggage or was vague as to how long she was staying or where she was staying (check-in staff are supposed to ask the address where the person is staying) that caused the refusal, along with the one-way ticket. 

Can you be my plug for some standby tickets??

 

Joking.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

16 hours ago, JFH said:

 

 

That said, an airline can refuse boarding to anyone if they see fit. 

Now that’s interesting. 

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It may be the Airline passing on the message, may not have been their call.

[JFH 12,191]

6 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Now that’s interesting. 

Yes,  say the wrong thing to an employee (check in, cabin crew, or anyone) and you can find yourself off-loaded. All under the umbrella reason of "in the best interests of the safety of the aircraft, crew and/or passengers". 

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