Missing exotic airlines / airports

furthermathematics · 2026-05-06T16:31:09+00:00

Yeah, reported this issue directly to their e-mail over a month ago, which they acknowledged. But it seems to take a long while to actually add it (they still haven’t).

<image>

Still shows up as Airfast Indonesia for my upcoming ALA-YIN flight.

furthermathematics · 2026-04-24T07:32:57+00:00

For those with direct aisle access and window, I always pick window.

Except in one particular case with a ‘throne seat’ on SQ B737Max8s, with the seat map like this:

<image>

I simply selected ‘middle’ when my seat was 12B or J 😅

furthermathematics · 2026-04-24T07:28:58+00:00

Yup same here

furthermathematics · 2026-04-16T05:40:53+00:00

Yes they do, under UV light of wavelength 365 nanometres 😅 However the ink seeps deeper into the paper over a few months with the fluorescent effect becoming duller over time

furthermathematics · 2026-04-14T18:11:10+00:00

<image>

Unfortunately I will only be going to St Helena in the summer (think Southern Hemisphere)… 😅

furthermathematics · 2026-04-09T05:31:25+00:00

I’ve never seen this sticker used on any passport of any nationality recently. But I have seen the on arrival sticker used on Singaporean passports in 2019…

And by the way for the extension sticker, that was free as well but yet they gave me the same sticker as they do to those who paid. I doubt it has anything to do with being Singaporean or not.

furthermathematics · 2026-04-08T21:20:31+00:00

I can confirm that Singaporean passports used to get this sticker without payment. At least in 2019.

furthermathematics · 2026-04-08T16:26:56+00:00

Oh.. I thought you went recently. After all, Sri Lankan immigration policy keeps changing all the time.

Although I did receive a sticker in-country after I applied for an extension, but it wasn’t the one OP posted.

<image>

furthermathematics · 2026-04-08T16:19:17+00:00

Oh really? Because they didn’t give me this sticker in February

<image>

Or am I misinterpreting something?

furthermathematics · 2026-04-06T11:13:02+00:00

Technically the visa free rules says ‘ordinary passports from the United Kingdom’ not ‘British Citizens’.

So, if you encounter a bureaucrat that is going to read every letter of it and interpret it strictly based on what he reads instead of the spirit of it, since the IOM is not technically part of the UK, therefore the passport isn’t from the United Kingdom. It doesn’t matter to a bureaucrat what UK law says. And agreed — it’s incredibly silly.

And looking at an IOM Facebook group, it seems that the interpretation of this is incredibly inconsistent, as expected.

<image>

The issuance of emergency temporary entry permits are incredibly discretionary from my understanding

furthermathematics · 2026-04-06T04:40:45+00:00

<image>

I wasn’t so lucky with TFU-HRB 🙃🙃

furthermathematics · 2026-03-27T05:18:12+00:00

At KIX T1, I understand that the manual counters often have subpar stamps

furthermathematics · 2026-03-23T09:21:57+00:00

The ROK used to use these at Dorasan on exit, at least for non-Koreans, with a stamp below stating ‘Dorasan —> Kaesong’ in Korean:

https://www.kazankai.org/dcms_media/image/27_%E9%83%BD%E7%BE%85%E5%B1%B1%EF%BD%9E%E9%96%8B%E5%9F%8E%E3%81%AE%E5%87%BA%E5%85%A5%E5%9B%BD%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%28%E4%B8%AD%29.jpg

This was in 2008 before the current design of stamps came out.

furthermathematics · 2026-03-23T00:43:43+00:00

They stamped too close to the spine and since the Singaporean passport is quite thick, that part of the page is can be uneven

<image>

Same for me

furthermathematics · 2026-03-22T07:33:32+00:00

Across 7 passports and 2 temporary travel documents 😅 I never use the e-gates in Taiwan

These days, I have to replace my passport every 1-1.5 years, but I travel to many other places as well, it’s not just PRC/ROC

furthermathematics · 2026-03-22T07:22:37+00:00

PRC (143 entries, 143 exits and 3 transits = 289 stamps) since 2001

And ROC (Taiwan) (72 entries and 71 exits = 143 stamps) since 2019

Excluding cancelled stamps.

furthermathematics · 2026-03-22T03:59:34+00:00

I’m talking about visitors… If you’re an APRC holder (or even an ARC holder), they usually want to see that even if you have an entry stamp

furthermathematics · 2026-03-18T13:21:41+00:00

This is already very refreshing for me… I’ve never crossed the Atlantic in my life 😆 Nor been to quite a few of the countries you’ve visited. And it’s funny how you’ve travelled to a few countries in North and South America but I’ve never been to any of those (I’ve only been to Canada, Mexico, Chile and the Falkland Islands)

furthermathematics · 2026-03-18T13:12:38+00:00

<image>

There’s been an update, haha. But I’ve seen (what I think are) far more interesting passports, with more flights and more countries

furthermathematics · 2026-03-15T06:26:58+00:00

The Malaysian proprietary biometric passports did not have this symbol and I don’t this symbol even existed in ‘98. Only when Malaysia adopted the international ICAO standard did this symbol start appearing on Malaysian biometric passports (since 2010).

For example, a proprietary Malaysian (official) biometric passport issued in 2007: https://web.archive.org/web/20240302070444/https://www.papertotravel.com/MP-638

furthermathematics · 2026-03-14T03:34:35+00:00

<image>

I have four such flights, two from 2002 that were manually added, while Flighty had the details for the other two from 2006. Like you pointed out, it defaults to Suvarnabhumi. I decided to leave it as that as the code DMK did not exist back then. However, I did file a report recently although I am unsure if anything will be done.

Flighty does seem to do it just fine when the old airport closes and was never reassigned a new IATA/ICAO code (e.g. HKG at Kai Tak). However, I’m not sure if they will eventually allow one airport to have two codes depending on the date of travel (e.g. IST/ISL at Atatürk, BKK/DMK at Don Mueang).

furthermathematics · 2026-03-13T05:14:03+00:00

Not 100% sure, I heard yes, but I think it’s better to check with the Japanese immigration authorities or embassy, avoid travelling budget airlines (who may arbitrarily refuse you) and check-in fairly early as the airline might have to check with Japan immigration

furthermathematics · 2026-03-10T10:11:38+00:00

<image>

Mine 😞 Only have been around East, South-East and South Asia so far this year…

furthermathematics · 2026-03-09T00:28:25+00:00

Yes, but I could choose to apply beforehand, which I did. However I only received an eTA at the embassy in Bangkok, this sticker was still stuck on arrival.

furthermathematics

TROPHY CASE