Can I rent a flight ticket for my Thailand tourist visa application in Laos?

@Bart *************

buying a ticket you don’t plan on using is against the airline rules of purchase and also fraud against immigration.

@John *******

Now that escalated quickly 😅

If buying an airline ticket you don't plan on using is against the airline policy, then renting a ticket is the way to go. These third-party companies provide legit services and pay for the rental to the airlines. I'm doubtful however whether your statement is true at all. I am fully against wasting money on real tickets, but I'll not believe that it isn't legit from the airline's perspective.

Is it fraud against immigrations? No, that is absolutely FALSE. You are required to have a reservation, which you do. Fraud would be if you Photoshop a ticket. A real ticket that you do not plan on using certainly isn't fraud - then everyone would be obligated to use the tickets they originally booked and cannot exit the country otherwise. Then extending your stay wouldn't be a thing (because you're obliged to exit as you originally booked). It's not true.

@Bart *************

you have no idea what you’re talking about with regards to the conditions of purchase on airline tickets or immigration.

With regards to immigration or a Thai Consulate it’s pure fraud renting a ticket with no intention of it being used. It’s pretty simple. Should not be that hard to understand even for you

@John *******

nothing you said it correct sir. You have no clue at all about these things.

Please don't say that about other people, who DO know what they talk about. That confuses the readers.

@Bart *************

looking at your own visa situation should you really be giving advice?

Everything I said is 100% correct. Unlikely to get caught but it’s fraud and also unethical.

@John *******

I'm repeating. It's NOT fraud to rent a ticket to show immigrations upon entry. Having the ticket at the point of entry is required, using it is not. If you claim it is, you are simply wrong. By the same reasoning it is also NOT fraud to have a cheap ticket to a neighboring country that you plan to just ignore. If you say it is, you are false.

If you say it's unethical, I don't understand on which basis it would be. Thailand requires visitors to leave on time, and what 'on time' is, is open for change. That should be enough. It is also not forbidden, *** knows how on earth you think otherwise, to book a suitable exit ticket within that allowed date while you're here. So the only unethical thing here, if any, is to require visitors to have exit travel arranged within a fixed date x when they enter. It makes no sense at all. But what DOES make sense is it is (luckily) not even worse. You ARE allowed to deviate from the plans after you entered.

Your claims are absolute bogus, without exception. It's all nonsense. But as you seem convinced, I invite you to post a source.

John Wilson I've been screwed by others. Had I been given control, I'd not have failed. You could blame me for not pursuing taking control. I'm also blaming myself for that.

It's nice to know more than others, unless you trust that they know more than you 😅

@Bart *************

what an expert you can’t even take care of your own visa situation like a man.