Purchasing one way tickets....

[airportworker]

Please lets not mislead/confuse anyone.

Just because someone has a one way ticket with a returning one way ticket DOES NOT mean that they will be pulled out of line for any special search. It does not mean that they will be hassled anywhere along their journey. As noted above, people travel here everyday, even from the USA, with similar tickets and receive no hassle whatsoever.

To try and convince people that this is an automatic, or near automatic flag that will cause you extra time and hassles is simply not the truth.

As long as you are able to show a ticket home or explain that you have another way of living the country (and by that i mean any country) you will not get anything more then maybe one extra question, it happens over here all the time

[rastagirl777]

As long as you are able to show a ticket home or explain that you have another way of living the country (and by that i mean any country) you will not get anything more then maybe one extra question, it happens over here all the time

You are absolutely right Miss Blue but your documentation shows that you've booked with a consolidator - when the agent pulls up your record that is reflected and treated as a round trip ticket. And it might not be a "huge issue" to worry about - but it is something you need to be aware of, just like the liquids rule, the removal of shoes, and those new scanner thingies and the fact that you have the option to not be radiated. Air travel is getting more and more complex and bizarre - and inconsistent. One airport one bat an eye at your one way ticket, the other might question you for a half-hour. Its just something to be prepared for.

Hub just reminded me and wanted me to pass this on...the perpetrators of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center all bought one way tickets and paid for them in cash. Before shoe guy, before underwear guy, before the liquid guys in London - this was the very first measure of security at the airports implemented after the attacks - scrutinize those with one way tickets, really scrutinize those who have paid for their ticket in cash.