Indian civil aviation security rules permit an amritdhari Sikh passenger to carry a kirpan on their person on domestic flights operated by Indian airlines within India, within the size limits specified by BCAS. The permission does not extend to international flights or generally to foreign carriers, where the kirpan must travel in checked baggage. Updated […]
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If you lose your boarding pass before the gate, go to your airline’s desk and ask for a reprint, or open the mobile boarding pass in the airline app or your booking email. The barcode is what the gate scanner reads, not the paper. Airlines do not usually charge to reissue one, but sort it
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Indian airlines generally accept a birth certificate, a passport, Aadhaar, or a school identity card as proof of a child’s age on domestic flights. Accepted document lists vary by airline, so check yours before you travel. Age matters because infants under two travel on a parent’s lap and older children pay a child fare, and
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Enter your name exactly as your passport prints it. If your passport shows an initial, book with the initial and no full stop, since airline systems and the machine-readable zone do not carry punctuation. Where your passport expands the initial, use the expanded form. Conventions differ by airline, so confirm before you pay and check
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If your passport shows a single name with no surname, your ticket still has to match the passport. Booking forms usually demand both a first name and a surname, and the common workaround is to repeat the single name in both fields. Conventions differ by airline and by destination, so confirm with the airline before
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Overstaying a visa is treated as an immigration offence in most countries, and the consequences vary enormously from one place to the next. You may face a fine, a requirement to obtain clearance before you are allowed to leave, and a re-entry ban. Contact the local immigration authority or the Indian mission before your flight,
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A visa refusal is not a special refund category, so your ticket is governed by the fare rules you bought. You can cancel, but what comes back depends on the fare. DGCA rules do require statutory taxes and airport charges to be refunded in money even on non-refundable fares, and cancellation charges are capped at
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Airlines check onward or return travel because they carry the cost of flying you back if a country refuses you entry, and many states fine the carrier as well. Check-in staff can refuse boarding if you cannot show it. A return ticket, an onward ticket, or a valid visa or residence permit for the destination
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A flight reservation is a booking held in an airline’s system with a PNR but no payment and no ticket number. A confirmed ticket is paid and issued, with a 13-digit ticket number. Many visa checklists ask for a reservation or itinerary rather than a purchased ticket, so read your own checklist before you pay.
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A dummy ticket is only safe when it is a real reservation. A genuine held PNR, a refundable ticket, or an agent booking the airline can verify is an accepted way to show intended travel. A fabricated PDF that was never booked is a forged document, and missions can and do check booking references. Use
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