r2i forum

Let's use this thread to discuss:

Travelling, purchasing air tickets (one way or return) related to R2I
Vacationing enroute to India (R2I)
Vacations and travel within India

Some of the links within the following MTs would be useful.

MT: VACATION TIPS, PLACES TO SEE, INFO, ETC

[URL="http://groups.msn.com/R2IClub/liaissues.msnw?action=get_message&ID_Message=21648"]MT: LIST OF DESI TRAVEL AGENTS
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TRAVEL AGENTS.xls



The key posts from above threads have been copied and follow in this thread here.

Which is the best airlines to travel while R2Iing as far as bagge limits are concerned? I understand that most airlines allow 2 bags( 50 lbs each) per person.

We will be travelling from Chicago.

Hello,
Does anyone know if I can travel to India with a one-way ticket. I recently became a US citizen and plan to apply for a PIO visa. I was told by the travel agents at MakeMyTrip.com that I cannot travel to India on a one-way ticket if I have a US passport. This seems to be suspect because another travel agent (Avani Travels) said that I could buy a one-way ticket. Anyone know is there are any restrictions on the type of ticket you can buy?
Thanks,
Raj

To Reply #1,
The information you are getting seem to be absolute nonsense. From where do you get this ? Or may be I am missing something. You are not transiting India. You are planning to live here permenantly for this purpose. Why do they need to see 2-way ticket.
But certainly it is advicable to get your PIO(or OCI) there itself. It will make lifee little bit easir. Or get tourist or Resident Visa.

I can not believe that there are restrictions on the type of ticket one buys. However, I will say this : I once ended up travelling to US on a one way ticket (pans changed etc) and the security (pre-boarding) at every place asked me why it was a one way ticket and I had to tell them the whole story. So, I think one can expect more questions from the security guys, but I can not think of any reason why one can not travel anywhere in the world on a one-way ticket.

but that is my 2 paise.

Vanuma

Hi,
I will be flying from the west coast of US (bay area) to India via Singapore next month.
A while ago someone mentioned that Silk Air flight from LA to Singapore is on a bigger plane with more spacious seats than the flight from SFO to Singapore.
Can someone comment on the truth of the above statement?
Checking on the website I found that the LA-Singapore flight is A320 while the SFO-Singapore flight is Boing777. The A320 has half the no of seats compared to 777.

Thanks,
~dichkaun

Desi;10676Some of the links within the following MTs would be useful.

MT: VACATION TIPS, PLACES TO SEE, INFO, ETC

[URL="http://www.r2iclub.com/060210/liaissues.msnw?action=get_message&ID_Message=21648"]MT: LIST OF DESI TRAVEL AGENTS
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Iam not able to view the list of desi travel agents. Could anybody provide me the list of desi travel agents.
Thanks
Mystic

The links in post # 2 should be fixed now.

I am not able to view the spread sheet.