Travelling to USA on Aer Lingus

nytraveller

The exchange rate is great. You're off to NYC to shop.
Want to save some money??
DO NOT buy a return ticket on the Aer Lingus website.
Instead buy TWO ONE WAY TICKETS. The first from DUB to JFK will be in euros. Then log out and go in and buy the next from JFK to DUB one way.
Do your currency conversions and you will find you will save around $60.
That's $60 more to spend in the big apple!!:):)

jahalpin

nytraveller wrote: »

The exchange rate is great. You're off to NYC to shop.
Want to save some money??
DO NOT buy a return ticket on the Aer Lingus website.
Instead buy TWO ONE WAY TICKETS. The first from DUB to JFK will be in euros. Then log out and go in and buy the next from JFK to DUB one way.
Do your currency conversions and you will find you will save around $60.
That's $60 more to spend in the big apple!!:):)

Do US Customs and Border protection not insist that you have a return ticket rather than a one way?

BuffyBot

Nope, two one ways is fine with them should they decide to check

rossie1977

customs have never looked for my ticket and i always buy one way, saves you loads of cash

cazzy

you might be in trouble if they do look for it though. They spot check. Website says it has to be a return ticket but 2 x one ways may qualify as a return ticket. I wouldn't presume without calling the embassy.

http://dublin.usembassy.gov/nivwaiver.html


Who is eligible to travel visa free?

NOTE: Representatives of the foreign press, radio, film or other information media require a nonimmigrant Media (I) visa and cannot travel to the U.S. using the visa waiver program.

The requirements for visa-free travel using the Visa Waiver Program are that the individual must be a citizen of one of the countries named above, traveling on a valid, individual machine readable passport. In addition, depending on when VWP travelers’ passports were issued, other passport requirements also apply. READ MORE about passport requirements for VWP travel to the U.S.


Traveling for business, pleasure or transit only;


Staying in the U.S. for 90 days or less;


if entering the U.S. by air or sea is holding a return or onward ticket. If traveling on an electronic ticket, a copy of the itinerary must be carried for presentation to U.S. immigration at the port of entry. Note: Travelers with onward tickets terminating in Mexico, Canada, Bermuda or the Caribbean Islands must be legal permanent residents of these areas;


entering the U.S. aboard an air or sea carrier that has agreed to participate in the program; (Note: privately-owned or official aircraft or vessels do not meet this requirement. Travelers must apply for visas to enter the U.S. on privately-owned aircraft or vessels.)


in possession of a completed Form I-94W obtainable from airline and shipping companies.


or, if entering the U.S. by land from Canada or Mexico, in possession of a completed Form I-94W, issued by the immigration authorities at the port of entry. A US$6.00 fee, payable in U.S. dollars only, must be paid at the port of entry if entering by land.

Some travelers are not eligible by law to enter the U.S. using the Visa Waiver Program. These include people with certain serious communicable illnesses, criminal record/s, previous exclusion or deportation from the U.S. and those who have previously violated their status using the Visa Waiver Program.

cazzy

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lucyburn

That's a excellent tip, i would never have thought of that!
I'm only home from Boston about two weeks after having a short holiday and 60 euro would be very nice to have now..ah well i'll know from now on.

BuffyBot

Cazzy banned for one week. Send me a PM when the time is up

I can't make this clearer folks. It's in the charter, and it's been discussed at lenght recently on another thread, where I clarified it twice: Discussing how to get stuff through customs it NOT permitted and WILL lead to a ban. I've been pretty lenient up to this, but as of now bans will be applied.

Now back to the top of the thread