Why does the airline check your passport so many times? Why do they check your visa? Why, sometimes, do they deny boarding if you don’t have an onward ticket? Might they someday deny boarding because of no proof of insurance or proof or monetary compliance or enough pages in your passport or a late enough passport expiration date?
Part of a summary of the situation from the IATA
- Documentation and processing errors accounted for about 20–30% of inadmissible passenger cases.
- Airlines reported cases in which immigration authorities did not disclose why a passenger had been refused entry.
- Under ICAO rules, airlines cover custody and care costs when passengers are refused entry because of improper documentation.
- Average costs per passenger denied entry because of improper
documentation is $14,000 in Europe.
No point here. Just found it interesting.