Proof of Travel
Writer
Former corporate travel compliance officer at a Big 4 firm. 11 years.
Henrik spent over a decade inside a Big 4 firm's travel and risk function in Geneva, where 'proof of travel' meant something legally specific. He writes about onward tickets and dummy reservations from the compliance angle: what airlines, employers, and consulates actually accept as evidence.
A Schengen visa file was missing one document: proof of onward travel. Here's how that gap was identified and closed, and what it means for HR compliance teams.
A contractor's approved Oman e-visa wasn't enough at a Doha connection. This case study unpacks the documentation gap and how carrier liability applies.
A Brazilian passport holder was held at a Wizz Air desk in Budapest over a comparison-site PDF mistaken for proof of onward travel. Here's the document gap analysis that explains why.
A trekker's 90-day Nepal visa-on-arrival application stalled over one missing document. This case study unpacks the gap and the carrier-liability rules behind it.
A visa-waiver-eligible traveller was held at check-in in Accra over a missing onward ticket. The case shows why entry eligibility and departure proof are separate compliance questions.
A traveller's Saudi e-visa was approved, but her one-way ticket still triggered a check-in hold. Here's the document gap that caused it.
A named case study in Cambodia onward ticket compliance: a comparison-site PDF that failed at check-in, and the document that replaced it.
A Norwegian traveller's ETA cleared him to enter Sri Lanka, but a one-way ticket still triggered secondary inspection at CMB. Here's the document that would have prevented it.
A traveller held at Tocumen over a missing onward ticket shows exactly where Panama's document requirement is enforced, and how to close the gap.
A compliance case study examining how immigration officers at Manila's NAIA queried an onward ticket, why a comparison-site PDF failed the GDS check, and what a compliant dummy ticket looks like.
A Skyscanner comparison PDF isn't a booking. This case study examines the document gap Jordan's carriers and border officers identify at check-in, and what a compliant dummy ticket must provide.
A Munich case study from 2026 shows what happens when a price-comparison PDF reaches a check-in desk instead of a confirmed PNR. Here's the document gap, the carrier enforcement table, and the three compliance principles for Egypt-bound travel.