IndiGo Dummy Ticket

An IndiGo dummy ticket is a real seat held on a 6E flight, carrying IndiGo's own PNR. It is a reservation, not a purchased ticket, and it expires — which is exactly what makes it useful while a visa is pending.

IndiGo carries more domestic passengers than any other Indian airline, so its itineraries turn up in visa files for short-haul international travel more than any other 6E-coded document.

About the airline

• IndiGo (6E) is a low-cost carrier based at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru
• It flies domestic India, the Gulf and Southeast Asia
• Reservations are checked on its Manage Booking page

Verifying your 6E reservation

Open IndiGo's website, find Manage Booking, and enter the PNR with the surname exactly as printed on the reservation. Your itinerary should come back with the flight, date and passenger name matching your document. Do this before you submit anything — a reference that returns nothing is worse than no document at all, because it turns a paperwork question into a credibility question.

What you receive

A PDF in the standard itinerary layout showing IndiGo, the flight number, route, dates and passenger names as they appear in the passport you are applying with, plus the PNR. It is emailed once the hold exists — no PNR, no email.

Two honest limits

Whether a particular 6E fare can be held depends on the route, the class and the date, so the search shows what is actually available rather than promising a specific flight. And a minority of consulates require a confirmed, paid ticket; where that is the requirement, no reservation on any airline satisfies it. Check the checklist for your mission first.