Your Questions About Dummy Tickets
The questions people actually email us before they book: how long it lasts, how to check it is real, what happens when an appointment moves, and when we give money back. If yours is not here, write to us and we will answer it.
A dummy ticket is a real airline reservation that holds a seat under a live PNR without you paying the fare. It exists in the same booking systems a paid ticket lives in, which is why an embassy can check it. The only difference is that nobody has settled the fare, so the seat releases itself once the hold runs out.
Take the PNR we email you and look it up in Amadeus, Sabre or Travelport, the systems embassies and travel agents already use. Some airlines, Emirates and Etihad among them, will also show it under Manage Booking on their own site. Plenty of airlines never display an unpaid hold publicly, so treat the GDS lookup as the reliable check and the airline website as a bonus.
You pay for how long the reservation stays live, not for the route. Two days is AED 49, seven days is AED 69, fourteen days is AED 79. One way and return cost the same, and the price is per traveller.
For as long as you choose at checkout: 2 days at AED 49, 7 days at AED 69, or 14 days at AED 79. Pick the window that covers your appointment and any follow-up the consulate might ask for, not the length of your holiday.
Between 10 and 15 minutes from payment, at any hour. If your appointment is sooner than that and you are watching the clock, reply to your order email and we will push it to the front.
Yes. Article 14 of the EU Visa Code asks for evidence of your transport arrangements, not for a paid ticket, and a reservation with a live PNR answers that. VFS and BLS centres handle these every day.
Not for using one. Consulates expect a reservation at this stage, which is why they ask for an itinerary rather than a receipt. Refusals turn on things like funds, ties to your home country, or an inconsistent story, so put your effort there.
Yes. Email us the cities and dates and we will send back a hotel reservation laid out the way visa officers expect to see it. We would rather do it by email than through a form, because accommodation details change more often than flights do.
Cards through Stripe Checkout, which is what the site uses by default. If you would rather pay from a different account or need an invoice first, ask us for a payment link.
It works anywhere the requirement is proof of intended travel, which covers Schengen, the UK, Canada, Turkey, Thailand and the UAE among others. The one case it does not cover is an airline asking for a paid onward ticket at the gate, because that is a fare, not evidence.
Hotel reservations, genuine AXA travel insurance, help assembling the rest of a visa file, and airport transfers when you need one.
Email info@thedummyticket.ae. Someone is on it around the clock and replies usually land inside 10 to 15 minutes.
One clear case: if the refusal letter says your flight reservation had expired or could not be verified, send it to us and we refund the order in full. A change of heart or a refusal on other grounds is not covered. If your appointment simply moves, tell us and we reissue with new dates for free.