Editorial desks

Articles here are bylined to an editorial desk — a function, not a person. We do not invent authors, and we do not claim a credential nobody awarded.

Each desk page states what it covers and the classes of source it is allowed to reason from, so you can check a claim against the kind of evidence behind it.

• ReservationPoints Onward Travel & Airline Policy Desk

  This desk covers the airline side of onward travel: what a booking reference is, how long it stays live, and what a check-in agent sees when they type it in.

• ReservationPoints Schengen & Europe Visa Desk

  This desk covers the Schengen visa file and European entry rules: what the Visa Code requires, and where individual consulates ask for something different.

• ReservationPoints Asia-Pacific Visa Desk

  This desk covers onward and return-travel requirements across Asia-Pacific: what the immigration department publishes, and what carriers actually enforce on the route.

• ReservationPoints Gulf, South Asia & Africa Visa Desk

  This desk covers visa and entry documents across the Gulf, South Asia and Africa, written for an applicant assembling a file under time pressure.

• ReservationPoints Travel Documents Desk

  This desk covers the documents that go into a visa file: what each one is, what it is not, and which are accepted as proof of what.