How do dummy tickets/itinerary service websites work?
I'll try to keep this short. I spent the last few hours looking up the nature of the so called dummy tickets, and I could not get a direct answer to one question I had. Is it just a document I pay for to save on flight tickets? From what I learned, you basically pay a website like Visa Reservation 50 bucks, and they allow you to write whatever information you want on a document before emailing it to you. If the visa gets denied for something that isn't related to the itinerary, you don't get any refunds. If you do get accepted, you go pay the full price for an actual plane ticket and accommodation etc. Is that the gist of it?
So, in order to not pay the full price of plane tickets, I pay for a document from a website that says I'm getting a ticket. Then I either pay the full amount to the airline company + hotels anyway, or I get denied and the upside is that I only spent 50 bucks on this document instead of a plane ticket?
TLDR: Are these itinerary services just (still somewhat costly) safety nets? Their whole purpose is an insurance that makes you pay a fee before your visa so you don't lose out on more if you're denied? (And if you're accepted you just spent that extra 50 bucks to be safe before actual reservations).
Best Answer
Metrics easily abused are quickly disused
There's a reason UK and many countries no longer want to see your proof of airline ticket: because they are so easily faked, using websites just like this one.
There are hustlers who will get you fake documents of several kinds. Need a British sponsor? They know a guy who knows a guy. Fake bank accounts? Not a problem. Every one of them will tell you that you need those documents to improve your application. They make money when you buy those documents, and therefore have every incentive to lie to you about this.
Anyway, once Immigration realizes that an analysis metric they used to use is so easily faked, it stops being helpful and they don't want it anymore.
What's more, people have an unfortunate habit of getting their info from search engines, and in your haste, that's exactly what you did. Search engines are computer algorithms that smart people can fool. Doing this is called SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. So you have
- an army of swindlers all aggressively SEO'ing content which claims you need the documents they sell
- burying content from the government, who is not doing any SEO whatsoever
- secondary news sources who write articles on subjects, do lazy research with search engines, and presume search engines are always correct. * ...and they do SEO on those.
Don't bother buying any sort of fake "proofs"
One of the great conceits of the novice traveler is that he is more clever than the government, and can "pull one over on the gov't". Such a great fantasy, isn't it? Laugh and recognize that for what it is. Fantasy.
Immigration sees a lot of applicants. They see the patterns that you don't realize are patterns. Your company with the travel documents, they see 100 a day and they know they're fake.
This will apply to basically anything you can easily do to fake credibility. Presenting it will backfire.
* Often these articles are actually for "article marketing" / "content marketing", and is written specifically to put adverts on it, without giving a damn for quality. If you ever see articles where you're 6 paragraphs in and it doesn't seen like they've really said anything, but have repeated some keywords a few times, you're reading one of those.
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How does a dummy ticket work?
What is a Dummy Ticket? A dummy air ticket is nothing more than a round-trip flight reservation from and back to the original departure country. A dummy ticket is not a paid return ticket. Basically, it is only a document that included travel itinerary details, but it's not a confirmed ticket.Can I travel with dummy ticket?
Yes, Dummy flight tickets are officially accepted for Schengen visa application, however, some countries within Schengen zone where you are applying your visa, may require you to furnish actual flight confirmed reservation, so it is very important to select the right itinerary and right embassy at the same time.How can I get a free Schengen visa dummy ticket?
How to Get a Dummy Ticket for a Schengen Visa Application? You can obtain a dummy ticket for a Schengen visa application directly with any of the airlines that offer this service. However, not many airlines offer this service which means you will have to pay for a return flight up front.What is the validity of dummy ticket?
Dummyticket.com is an agency that reserves flight tickets for you, called dummy tickets, which you can use for your visa applications. The reservation will stay valid for 2-3 weeks and will be dropped automatically.How to Book a Dummy Flight Ticket !!How to Book Flight Reservation Without Pay
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