Acceptable use

What you may use these documents for

• Trip planning. Laying out a routing to see whether the dates, connections and geography work before you commit money.
• Comparing options. Seeing the distance and time difference between routings.
• Sharing a plan. Showing a travelling companion, a family member or a travel agent the shape of a trip.
• Training and demonstration. Teaching people to read an itinerary without exposing a real passenger's details.
• Design and development. Mock-ups, test data, and interface work.
• Personal reference. A legible record of a plan you are working on.

What you must not use them for

• Visa applications. Submitting a sample as evidence of a booking misrepresents a material fact in an immigration process.
• Proof of onward travel at check-in. Airlines verify against real reservation systems.
• Border or immigration control. Presenting a sample as a booking to an officer is a false statement.
• Insurance, employment or financial claims. Anywhere a document is relied on as evidence of a transaction.
• Any purpose where someone is meant to believe a booking exists. This is the general rule the specific cases are drawn from.

Why the reference fields are blank

The booking reference and e-ticket number print as SAMPLE — NOT ISSUED, and no plausible-looking values are ever generated.

A booking reference is the one field on an itinerary that makes a claim capable of being checked — its entire meaning is "look this up". Everything else on the page describes a plan; the reference describes a transaction. Six invented characters are what turn a planning document into something that can be passed off, and they add nothing whatsoever if you are actually planning a trip.

This is why there is no "make it look more real" option here, and no paid tier that adds one. See the PNR guide for the detail.

What misuse actually costs

This is not a theoretical warning, and the consequences are worse than most people expect.

At check-in, a booking reference that does not resolve means denied boarding, at the airport, on the day. There is no appeal and no refund of what you have already spent.

In a visa application, a document intended to mislead can produce a refusal with a reason recorded against your name. That reason follows you: most application forms ask whether you have ever been refused a visa, and answering yes changes how every subsequent application is assessed. In some jurisdictions it also constitutes deception in an immigration process, with consequences beyond the refusal.

At a border, presenting a fabricated booking to an officer is a false statement to an official, with the range of outcomes that implies.

Set against that: a refundable fare, or a free 24-hour hold from the airline, produces a genuine reference that survives any check. The honest route is almost always cheaper than the risk.

If you need a document that will stand up

• A held reservation. Many airlines hold a fare for 24–72 hours, free or for a small fee, producing a real booking reference.
• A refundable fare. More expensive up front, refunded on cancellation.
• A changeable ticket. Often the cheapest real ticket that still gives you an exit.
• A travel agent booking, made and voided within the airline's void window.

See reservation vs ticket, proof of onward travel and flight documents for visa applications.

Your responsibility

By using this site you accept that the documents it produces are samples, that you will not present them as genuine bookings, and that you are responsible for how you use them. See the terms of use and the disclaimer.