A flight itinerary with your route, dates and passenger name. Consulates ask for it instead of a paid ticket, and you can get one here in a couple of minutes.
A dummy ticket is a flight itinerary. It shows the passenger name, the airports, the dates and times, the airline and the flight number, in the same layout an airline uses.
Consulates usually ask for a flight reservation or a travel itinerary, not a paid ticket. Most of them tell applicants not to buy a ticket before the visa is approved. Pick a flight in the search above, add the passengers, and the PDF comes to your email.
Officers reject documents over small mismatches more often than over the document itself. Check these five points before you submit.
Spelled exactly as in the passport, surname and given names in the same order as in your application.
Departure and arrival airports for every leg, connections included.
Inside the travel window in your application. An arrival after your planned entry date is the first thing an officer sees.
Flight numbers that actually operate on that route. Pick one from the schedule instead of typing from memory.
Some checklists ask for a six-character booking code next to the flight details. Choose the option that has one on the next step.
Enter the airports and the date, then pick a flight from the schedule.
Names as in the passport and the email for the document. Check the flight details on the same screen.
The itinerary comes to your email. Print it for the appointment or attach it to an online form.
Schengen, UK, US, Canada and most other checklists ask for proof of the travel plan. With an itinerary you do not pay for a seat on a trip that is not approved yet.
Airlines check that you can leave the destination country before they let you board, and border officers may ask on arrival. One onward itinerary covers both.
Employers, universities and insurers often want the trip in writing while you are still comparing fares. An itinerary puts the plan on paper.
Most questions come from a name or a date that does not match the rest of the application, so check both before you submit.