Posted by: HappyFace February 8, 2011
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NepaliRose,
My first question is why do you want to get a separete ticket from the US to Delhi & another one from Delhi to KTM? I am not sure if thats going to save you any money, & even it does, that wont be much of a saving, and trust me, it will certainly not be a worth of any prospective hassle of checking out bags in Delhi & checking in again. I dont have a concrete knowledge of how ticketing system works, but its my understanding based on my experience that when you buy a ticket with different flight legs together up till your final destination, your entire itenary will show up in the system, which enables the system/airline agent to give out boarding passes/check your baggage all the way to your final destination (whereever applicable); if you get your tickets from different sources, the entire flight leg of your trip may not be recognized that might create a hassle of checking out & rechecking luggage in transits.
Indian authorities take your documents (passport & I-20) while returning to the US to authenticate that those documents are genuine - I know they should have a better way of checking authentication of those documents rather than someone coming to you & asking for those documents and dissapearing for 15-20 minutes - but thats the case at Indian airports. Another reason for the (kinda) special checking for Nepalese passport holders is there have been a lot of fake Nepalese passports being used by different people, and a lot of them have tried to sneak off through Indian ports, including Maoists ministers a few years back if you recall it along with countless # of people with fake passports - thus they have made their policy strict.
I do not suggest going thru Delhi unless the ticket is real, real cheap!! Usually you got to stay 6-8 hours (that also if you're lucky enough to catch the first flights to KTM) in the transit, which is just a room full of plastic hard chairs with restrooms, and two small tea/light snack stands. Thats it. You get to access the duty free just two hours prior to your flight after clearing security, and that also lacks basic international standard environment. Not to mention the unfriendliness of the Indian Cops that frisk you during security. Indian airline staff and crew are professional and helpful though! If you have made up your mind to travel thru Delhi choose Jet Airlines, they're the best Indian carrier with great service & nice food & a large vareity of IFE.
Safe Landing!
My first question is why do you want to get a separete ticket from the US to Delhi & another one from Delhi to KTM? I am not sure if thats going to save you any money, & even it does, that wont be much of a saving, and trust me, it will certainly not be a worth of any prospective hassle of checking out bags in Delhi & checking in again. I dont have a concrete knowledge of how ticketing system works, but its my understanding based on my experience that when you buy a ticket with different flight legs together up till your final destination, your entire itenary will show up in the system, which enables the system/airline agent to give out boarding passes/check your baggage all the way to your final destination (whereever applicable); if you get your tickets from different sources, the entire flight leg of your trip may not be recognized that might create a hassle of checking out & rechecking luggage in transits.
Indian authorities take your documents (passport & I-20) while returning to the US to authenticate that those documents are genuine - I know they should have a better way of checking authentication of those documents rather than someone coming to you & asking for those documents and dissapearing for 15-20 minutes - but thats the case at Indian airports. Another reason for the (kinda) special checking for Nepalese passport holders is there have been a lot of fake Nepalese passports being used by different people, and a lot of them have tried to sneak off through Indian ports, including Maoists ministers a few years back if you recall it along with countless # of people with fake passports - thus they have made their policy strict.
I do not suggest going thru Delhi unless the ticket is real, real cheap!! Usually you got to stay 6-8 hours (that also if you're lucky enough to catch the first flights to KTM) in the transit, which is just a room full of plastic hard chairs with restrooms, and two small tea/light snack stands. Thats it. You get to access the duty free just two hours prior to your flight after clearing security, and that also lacks basic international standard environment. Not to mention the unfriendliness of the Indian Cops that frisk you during security. Indian airline staff and crew are professional and helpful though! If you have made up your mind to travel thru Delhi choose Jet Airlines, they're the best Indian carrier with great service & nice food & a large vareity of IFE.
Safe Landing!