HOW TO FLY BACK HOME TOGETHER ON SAME FLIGHT

[SimonNY 0]

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[SimonNY 0]

This is our situation. We want to flight back home together on same flight. i will go to her home country to accompany her to her interview. once approved we want to flight back to US on the same flight. How to coordinate flight/book ticket to do this?

[cyclone27 710]

Buy tickets two tickets together at same time pick your seats together. 

[SimonNY 0]

1 minute ago, cyclone27 said:

Buy tickets two tickets together at same time pick your seats together. 

yes thanks for your response it seems very simple and obvious thing to do. However, i dont want any problems with my visa and entry/exit vietnam government could be very strict. im afraid to go vietnam with one way ticket

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Do not purchase anything until visa is in hand unless you know you can without charge change the flight easily.. So many people have lost money on non refundable or unchangeable flights.

[SimonNY 0]

1 minute ago, SimonNY said:

yes thanks for your response it seems very simple and obvious thing to do. However, i dont want any problems with my visa and entry/exit vietnam government could be very strict. im afraid to go vietnam with one way ticket

 

[cyclone27 710]

Never had much issue with entry/exit in Vietnam so I doubt you will. 

 

Mind you I have a 5yr family visa. 

[SimonNY 0]

5 minutes ago, cyclone27 said:

Buy tickets two tickets together at same time pick your seats together. 

thanks cyclone for your response. vietnam requires 30 days visa even for US citizens. Do you think buying one way ticket is safe? vietnam communist government could be very strict. Any problem entry/exit with one way ticket?

[cyclone27 710]

Strict? Not really - pretty lax IMHO. I’ve been traveling in/out for almost a decade.

Vietnam is more capitalist then communist these days - chasing the $$$$$.

 

You could be exiting overland so r/t not necessary. Once you have a valid visa you are good to go unless you go past the number of days your visa is good for.

[SimonNY 0]

2 minutes ago, cyclone27 said:

Strict? Not really - pretty lax IMHO. I’ve been traveling in/out for almost a decade.

Vietnam is more capitalist then communist these days - chasing the $$$$$.

 

You could be exiting overland so r/t not necessary. Once you have a valid visa you are good to go unless you go past the number of days your visa is good for.

wow! thanks. this was the answer i was looking for. i feel more relax now. i was about to book wrong kind of ticket. yeah it makes more sense your way. thanks a lot!!!!!

Edited June 14, 2018 by SimonNY

[AbenaKofi 132]

I'm a different country but working on the same thing - I have already purchased my own ticket (I have work so I can't stay in Ghana that long).  If he gets visa in hand in time, we will buy his ticket then, and just beg the airline to put us together :).  My fare is flexible so I could make some changes to my own reservation, but we'll see how it goes. 

 

 

[Nitas_man 3,100]

19 hours ago, SimonNY said:

yes thanks for your response it seems very simple and obvious thing to do. However, i dont want any problems with my visa and entry/exit vietnam government could be very strict. im afraid to go vietnam with one way ticket

Other choice is a gamble.  Book your and her ticket for 2-3 weeks after the interview date and cross your fingers.

 

 

[Unidentified 2,930]

1 hour ago, Nitas_man said:

Other choice is a gamble.  Book your and her ticket for 2-3 weeks after the interview date and cross your fingers.

 

 

Why risk losing that much money if her visa isn't ready within that time frame? Why not just wait and see what happens. 

[nykolos 711]

21 hours ago, SimonNY said:

This is our situation. We want to flight back home together on same flight. i will go to her home country to accompany her to her interview. once approved we want to flight back to US on the same flight. How to coordinate flight/book ticket to do this?

You're in the same situation as I am,  Let me explain how I'm going about it, I bought a single round trip ticket to Moscow, my return flight to the USA is in mid September, If everything goes as planned and her visa is issued prior or during my stay, I simply try to book the same flight, in the event the flight is fully booked, I change the dates to a flight that's available for both of us, cost to make the change; $100..  And since I usually fly business or comfort class, seats are often available. 

Edited June 15, 2018 by nykolos
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[Nitas_man 3,100]

 

1 hour ago, Unidentified said:

Why risk losing that much money if her visa isn't ready within that time frame? Why not just wait and see what happens. 

Where is money lost?  Re-booking fees are usually pretty reasonable.  Last-minute flights?  Often not so. 

 

It IS a gamble (with the same worst case outcome of scrambling to get the flights inside the 30-day stay limit if his trip is started within a few day of interview.