How to book flights for a visa. Online booking of air tickets

To the country where you need a visa. Instructions on how to book a ticket without paying for a visa to solve this problem.

Often there are situations when travelers need a booked air ticket, but there is no way to pay for it (there is no certainty that they will give a visa, they do not need a return ticket, etc.). In this case, the instruction on how to book a ticket without payment, which was written by travelers from the samsebecolumb project, will come in handy.

Many airlines and agents allow you to book a ticket only for a day. This is very small and this option is not suitable for us. We need at least 5 days (so that in case of verification by the company or the consulate, our ticket is in the system as confirmed).

But how to make it so that in the booking systems it is displayed as confirmed and paid! After all, many companies and consulates require paid

In this case, two sites will come to our aid:

After any booking or complete purchase of tickets, hotel reservations, car reservations, we can check our reservation, ticket number, departure time and various details in global distribution systems ( GDS) - international computer reservation systems where data is stored.

Booking sites (booking anything) work with different systems: Amadeus, Galileo, Saber, Worldspan. And depending on this, reservations from agent sites can be checked on different GDS by the reservation number.

• Bookings with Amadeus can be checked at checkmytrip.com
• Reservations at Galileo can be checked at Viewtrip.com
• Bookings in Saber can be checked at

Typically, booking sites indicate which system this particular company works with. Most commonly used are Amadeus and Galileo. But if you did not find the name of the system, enter the reservation number on each of them and check.

So, step by step instructions on how to book a ticket without paying for a visa:

1. • Let's go to the site Agent.ru
   • Enter the city of departure and the city of arrival (in this case, Bangkok - Kyiv). If we need a one-way ticket, uncheck the “and back” box. Choose the date of the flight. Do not forget to indicate the number of passengers if you need more than 1 ticket (but it is better to make a separate reservation for each)

1. • Select a flight to book. Unfortunately, not all companies can provide the maximum long-term booking, the longest period is up to 10 days. This is great for us. You can choose different companies by trial method and find out. which of them offers to keep the reservation for how long. Better try to find flights UIA, Emirates(provide reservations up to 10 days). We do not pay attention to the price and flight time, because we are not going to fly on this ticket.

1. • We enter the email to which our reservation will be sent, the names of the passengers, the passport number. passport validity period, phone number and consent.

1. • Next, we will offer insurance. And we keep ordering.

To book a ticket without paying, I use the site agent.ru. Most airlines require instant payment, but there are those who are willing to hold unpaid reservations for up to 10 days.

• Qatar - up to 10 days
• Aeroflot - up to 2 days
• Turkish Airlines– up to 10 days
• KLM - up to 24 hours
• UIA - up to 10 days
• AliItalia - up to 24 hours
• AirBaltic — up to 3 days
• SAS - up to 2 days
• AirBerlin - up to 4 days
• Air France - up to 4 days
• Lufthansa - up to 10 days
• EuropeAir - up to 7 days

This list indicates that the reservation is held UNTIL a certain number of days. Therefore, after you have booked a ticket, pay attention to the counter, about it a little further ...

UPD October 19, 2018

Previously, I always made a reservation without payment on the agent.ru website. I like this method, so I shared it with you. But lately you have been writing to me that agent.ru no longer shows the booking code for unpaid tickets. What are the alternative options?

• The site euroavia.ru offers for 300 rubles. book a ticket for a visa without payment. They claim they will keep your booking for 7 days but I read not so good on the forums good feedback about them. Like, deceivers, they take money and immediately cancel the ticket. I'm just telling you about the methods that exist, but I'm not ready to vouch for them. Whether to book tickets in this way or not is your decision!

• Some airlines allow you to keep your reservation without payment for up to 10 days. For example, Qatar, Turkish Airlines and others. After you have entered the passenger's details and proceeded to payment, it is possible to check the box "Pay later".

Such a ticket can be printed for the embassy or border crossing, but I do not know exactly how long the actual reservation will be. If it is an active booking that is important, and not the presence of an unpaid ticket form, then I recommend writing directly to the airline and specifying how long they are willing to wait.

• Some tour. agencies can make reservations without payment. Call several agencies in your city and check what they did.

How to book a ticket without paying

We go to the site agent.ru and select the country/city and date we need. For example, we fly to Amsterdam on November 8 and return on November 17.

We select the desired airline, in my case it is AirFrance. Do not pay attention to the price, as you will not redeem tickets.

Fill in the required data. In order to book a ticket without payment, you must first register on the site.

After you have entered your details and clicked the "Proceed to payment" button, the booking code will appear on the screen, and at the very bottom of the page a counter that notifies you of the validity of the reservation.

How to print an air ticket without payment

You can find and print your reservation on one of the following sites:

• checkmytrip
• viewtrip
• virtually there
• myairlines

Over the past few months, I have received a record number of emails asking for help printing checkmytrip bookings. For many, the interface turned out to be incomprehensible, so I added photos with step-by-step instructions to the article.

I can't find my booking, what should I do?

• You have a 5-digit booking number, and the sites above only find bookings with a 6-digit code. In this case, we need to go directly to the carrier's website and check our booking there.
• The reservation has expired. Pay attention to the counter!
• The program sometimes crashes, very rarely, but it happens. If your reservation is nowhere to be found, most likely the order did not go through and the procedure must be repeated.
• In the comments, several people said that they made a reservation with an airline that holds tickets without payment for up to 10 days, but agent.ru canceled them the next day. In this case, you need to write to agent.ru support and clarify the reasons for the cancellation.

Flight booking for visa

If you are booking tickets for Schengen, you will need a reservation that lasts at least 7 days, and even 10 ideally. Tickets must be valid for as long as possible while your documents are being processed. This article lists only my experience and the experience of other travelers who were successful (read the comments on the article!). But you should understand that I cannot give you a 100% guarantee, each case is unique. Booking a ticket without paying for a visa is your sole responsibility.

You will need

• - a computer;
• - Internet access;
• - documents of all passengers;
• - bank card (may not be required).

Instruction

Go to the airline's website. Enter in the proposed form of departure and destination and the date of departure, you are flying one way or round trip (in the second option, you will also need to indicate the date of return), the number of adults, people of retirement age and one or another age category among passengers. In most cases, all the necessary parameters can be selected from a drop-down list and/or entered manually. When everything is ready, by pressing the appropriate button, instruct the system to search for options.

From the offered options, choose the most suitable for you by date and time of departure, price, fare conditions. The latter can be read by clicking on the appropriate link. Be sure to do this before making any decisions. Rate conditions may include restrictions on how long you can pay after booking. Some, usually fares require immediate redemption of the ticket. In this case, you will need a bank account.

On the next page, enter the names and passport details (or details of the child's birth certificate) - number and series - of all passengers. Treat this with the utmost attention: at the slightest mistake, a person will not be able to pick up booked tickets, neither sit in nor return the ticket.
When everything is ready, move on to the next step.

The system will ask for your details bank card. Enter all the required information and move on.

If you prefer to personally visit the airline, ticket office or travel agency, take the documents of all passengers with you. Tell the operator all your wishes regarding the future flight: from where, where and when you are flying, one way or both, the number of passengers, how many children and how old and retired among them, the preferred class of service (economy, business, first, premium etc.), wishes regarding the price and other essential conditions of the tariff. Make your choice from the options offered by the operator. He will do everything necessary and give you a confirmation of the reservation. It may be needed, for example, when applying for a visa.

In case of booking by phone, call the required number to the airline or other organization providing such a service. Tell the operator all important information regarding the flight, as with personal visit at the checkout. Listen to the proposed options, choose the most suitable.
Then dictate to the operator the names and passport details of all passengers. Make sure that he correctly recorded them (usually the interlocutor himself suggests doing this). Next, listen and memorize or write down the instructions on how to proceed with the purchase of tickets and cancellation of reservations.
For its confirmation and for the redemption of tickets, you will have to visit the office of the company through which the telephone reservation was made.

Remember that when applying for visas to many countries of the world, you are required to have air tickets. But it is not always necessary to buy them right away. It is for this reason that you can use the booking of plane tickets without their direct and instant payment.

From this article you will learn how you can book tickets online via the Internet without buying them in various ways. And also get valuable information about booking with various airlines.

Why do I need to book flights without payment?

Such a system is a salvation if:

Ways to book flights

Trusted metasearch engines always offer bookings without translation Money

The global Internet is an accumulation of a huge amount of resources.

It is through this channel that you can book tickets and not pay for them.

But without fail, learn to distinguish sites according to their characteristics from each other.

So, some of them are metasearch engines for airlines.

These sites contain offers from various airlines, among which you choose the one that suits you:

• by cost;
• on confidence in the airline;
• according to the convenience of the date of departure;
• in terms of "price-quality" ratio.

Verified metasearch engines always offer bookings without transferring funds. If you see that this function is not possible, then do not risk it. Perhaps you have a fraudulent Internet resource. So, you will not only lose your money, but you will not be able to present the ticket.

The site skyscanner.ru is popular:

• simple and concise interface;
• possibility to book a hotel;
• provision of car rental services.

You can book a ticket with just a few clicks of the mouse:

• choose direction;
• indicate the date of the flight;
• choose the class of transportation;
• indicate insurance;
• enter the personal data of the traveler;
• press the "book" button.

You can also use the site momondo.ru. It is also known to many tourists. Its principle of operation is the same as described earlier for another resource.

Use the ticket site avia-avia.ru if you need to build a complex route. He will help you choose the right and most profitable route. Reservations can also be made on the website aviabilet.ru quickly, reliably and free of charge.

There is another type of Internet sites - air ticket exchanges. For example, birga.tourdom.ru.

Here are collected profitable offers not only depending on the specific direction, but also:

• on upcoming foreign events, holidays;
• seasonal tours: ski slopes, excursions, for health improvement, etc.;
• by urgency: the nearest departure dates, last-minute tickets and much more.

But here, note that the exchange does not offer to make a reservation for you. They only collect offers and provide links to resources where you can arrange a flight. See also avia.pro.

Many people still trust only airline websites if they have previously traveled with it.

Currently, there are a huge number of companies in the world dealing with air transportation citizens: large, medium, small, eminent, newcomers in this field.

Every self-respecting company has a website where you can book a ticket:

• rossiya-airlines.com and many others.

Important! The difference from ordering a ticket is that you are limited in the choice of price and free seat, since for obvious reasons it is impossible to see all possible flight offers on a specific date from the airport on airline websites. You can choose only the offers of this carrier.

Booking instructions

If you doubt that you can safely book a ticket, then read the instructions for action in advance.

So, for the site agent.ru it will look like this:

If the result is positive, you will see your booked ticket in your personal account.

For the euroavia.ru website, the instructions are as follows:

• Select the starting point of departure and date.
• Choice of endpoint and date.
• Specify the number of passengers by age and flight class.
• Click on the red circle that says "SEARCH".
• After that, a list of available tickets will appear on the page - choose the one that suits you.
• Pay attention to the time counter of the end of the reservation - it is limited.
• Please enter your phone number and e-mail in the fields below.
• A little lower - English language write down the last name and first name, gender, date of birth, document number and expiration date.
• Click on the "BOOKED" button and wait for a response.
• A field will appear on the new page where you can indicate that the ticket is needed only as a reservation for a visa. This service is paid - 300 rubles.

On the gomosafer.com website, booking is carried out as follows:

• Only two languages ​​are available - English and Arabic. English is selected by default.
• In the column "from" indicate the point of departure, and in the "to" - the point of arrival.
• In the line below, select the date of departure. If necessary, you can choose the date of the return trip. To do this, click "round trip" at the top of the gray box.
• Click on the green "searchflights" button.
• After searching, the site will give you a list of tickets.
• After choosing the right one, on the contrary, click on the green field with the inscription "book".
• You will be taken to the page for entering information about yourself. Some browsers offer automatic page translation. It suits this site. Use for convenience.
• In the payment field, select "onhold".
• After filling, check the box "I accept the terms" and click "confirm".

You can print the document and present it at the place of demand.

How long do reservations on airline websites last?

The table shows the terms of the reservation on various sites:

How to check a plane reservation?

you can easily check the ticket for various details.

It is worth noting that some intermediary firms and airlines welcome the booking of tickets only for obtaining a visa without buying them.

It is worth carefully studying the resource, as suspicious reserves can be deleted from your personal account, and you will not be able to confirm the flight in visa application center or embassy.

This question often arises among those who apply for a visa and, as one of the confirmations of the planned trip, it is necessary to provide a round-trip ticket. But not everyone is ready to take the risk of buying a ticket, because there are no guarantees that they will definitely give you a visa.
They did not give a visa - they lost the ticket (and even if it is returnable, they still lost part of the amount in the form of a fine).

So, is it possible to book air tickets without payment, but with the possibility of issuing a document that can be submitted to the consulate?
There is! But it is important to know a few subtleties that will help you find such tickets and get such a service for free.

It's actually quite easy to make flight reservations without paying. This can be done on the website of some airlines that allow deferred payment for the reservation or on special services.
In general, airlines are sympathetic to the need for deferred payment when booking. So, United are ready to hold the reservation for a whole week, and Korean Air for ten days at all! By the way, Aeroflot also makes it possible to pay for your tickets later, allowing you to keep your booking for a whole week. When booking on airline websites, pay attention to the cancellation policy, the fact is that some airlines reserve the right to charge small fines if you refuse to pay for your reservation on time.

There is one more convenient way finding the right ticket and booking it without paying - booking agencies
This option is the most common, because. the agency can provide a deferred payment service for tickets for those airlines that do not have such an opportunity themselves. The agent.ru service is popular among experienced travelers, where you can book tickets without payment for a period of 12 to 72 hours.
But on the website of the agencies themselves it is often not possible to print e-ticket(it does not exist yet until you have paid for the booking) and even a paper version of the booking.
Booking verification services will help here:

After making a booking, enter your 6-digit PNR code on one of the services (should be sent to your e-mail after booking) and your last name in Latin. After you will see your reservation with the status "confirmed" and you can print the reservation, which will fully satisfy the consular officer when applying for a visa.
Below is the whole process in detail in the screenshots.

We go to the agency's website and select the desired flight. For example, to apply for a visa to the Italian Embassy for a Schengen visa, we choose Moscow-Rome-Moscow flights.

We go through the standard process of issuing a ticket, where you need to indicate your full name in Latin, date of birth, passport number with the expiration date and select gender.
We reach the moment of payment, but do not rush to enter card data. Everything you need, we already have.
And we just need a PNR code. Here it is, indicated by the red arrow. We copy it...

And now we turn to one of the booking verification services.
I prefer www.checkmytrip.com .
Here in the fields we enter the copied PNR and the last name for whom the reservation was made in Latin

The booking will open. It remains only to print its paper version.
We click on PDF, receiving also the file of our booking.