Hi Thinking about travelling to Nepal in Oct most likely by qatar airways thru Doha. Tickets are pretty reasonable so far. Planning on staying a month but return tickets are quite expensive plus I may want to extend my Nepal visit for a few more weeks..... so I wanted to maybe wait or decide on the return ticket once I get to Nepal. Will the airlines let me board a flight to Kathmandu on a one way ticket SEA-SFO-DOH-KTM just one way? One way tickets sometimes used to create problems in past years. I asked Qatar reservations and they said it is entirely up to the immigration desk in the USA - and they did not want to give a straight answer but these days you dont have to go through immigrations if you are leaving the usa, especially first on a connecting local US flight to the international airport -like from Seattle to San Francisco - then to Doha....there is no immigration you go thru in Seattke, and once you get to San Fran, you go straight to the gate or the airline....the only people who will see your passport are TSA and the airline people and there is no departure stamp any more. What is the correct answer? Is it safer to buy 2 way and pay cancellation later or is it OK to go with a one way ticket? I dont want to be disallowed from boarding in the last minute.... The question is for a US citizen of Nepali origin who has family in Nepal. I think a 1 way ticket would be no issue if you are a Nepali citizen. What if you had a NRN card, would a 1 way ticket be safer? I doubt it as the airlines here in the US do not know what NRN card means...
sajalshakya · Aug 28, 2023 9:03 PM · 11,532 views
the smart way is to sit nepal for 5 6 months until ticket price go down . by march the price is drop to 700
bandedv2023 · Aug 28, 2023 9:35 PM
You should be fine with a one way ticket. If you are required a return ticket to board the flight, you can purchase one and cancel it within 24 hours the day of departure.
furke · Aug 29, 2023 12:05 AM
Thanks Furke. Do you mean cancel the return flight 24 hours after booking? It takes longer than 24 hours to get to KTM, so if the ticket is cancelled while still travelling, would you not have an issue for the Doha-KTM leg of the flight? ...or did you mean cancel 24 hours prior to the return flight? Wouldn't you pay heavy cancellation fee? Last edited: 29-Aug-23 12:44 AM
sajalshakya · Aug 29, 2023 12:35 AM
Thanks Furke. Do you mean cancel the return flight 24 hours after booking? It takes longer than 24 hours to get to KTM, so if the ticket is cancelled while still travelling to KTM, would you not have the same issue for the Doha-KTM leg of the flight without a return ticket? ...or did you mean cancel 24 hours prior to the return flight later after you reach KTM? Wouldn't you pay heavy cancellation fee? I have no idea what kind of Cancellation fee Qatar charges. Does anyone have any experience?
sajalshakya · Aug 29, 2023 12:51 AM
Why US citizen will have issue to go to Nepal with one way ticket?
deepocean · Aug 29, 2023 1:02 AM
That is what I was thinking too, deepocean, but in the past some airlines did not allow you to board a flight without return ticket in case you ran into issues at arrival in nepal and the airline had to pay to send the customer back. for instance Americans get visa on arrival in ktm, but what if an American citizen who has used up their 150 days that year gets a visa denied in KTM at arrival? The airline is not checking visa stamps if the passenger is eligible for visa on arrival.... maybe i am overthinking and it wil be ok with a one way ticket, but if there will be any issues, i would rather buy a two way and pay cancellation or change fees later if i extend my stay... qatar airways customer service did not want to give a straight answer and said i would know only on the day at the flight at the airport as it depends on the people at the aiport....
sajalshakya · Aug 29, 2023 1:37 AM
Should not but airlines do not want to commmit...and dont want to be stuck at the airport last minute......us citizen who has already used up 150 days visa may have issues so asking
sajalshakya · Aug 30, 2023 2:02 AM
I stayed in Nepal for 1 year and no issue. I went there with 1 way ticket
deepocean · Aug 30, 2023 11:10 AM
Thank you deepocean. Also how did you stay 1 year ? Isnt the visa limit 150 days per calendar year if you have a US passport ? (unless you have NRN then it is much longer)
sajalshakya · Aug 30, 2023 12:55 PM
Relation visa Nepal
deepocean · Aug 30, 2023 7:25 PM
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