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dc2las: I'm not sure who you are accusing of "blowing things out of proportion"; me, or the control-freak airline employee. Quite frankly, forcing someone to spend over $500 US they don't have to is not something I consider to be "no big deal", neither is delaying a flight for said purpose, nor is lying about your position and authority to blow off their valid complaints, nor is arbitrarily enforcing inconsistent regulations to the monetary and emotional detriment of passengers. This is called "discrimination", is illegal, and hence is actionable in the US at least.

To begin with, the information you display is not consistent with the information which was displayed on the computer screen in Sydney (which I saw), furthermore, it is not consistent with the information I obtained at the time from the Fijian immigration website - these policies and/or the wording of them may have changed since my flight (it was in August 08 - I made a mistake on the month because I took several flights last year and I was unable to edit my post), nor is the information consistent with itself: Timatic makes no mention of proof of funds, the US state department web site is updated how often - and where does this information come from, the US?, and, "for the sake of completeness", your last bit of info, if I am reading your source correctly, comes from a US based WEBSITE as well, and "Sufficient funds for holiday" is not exactly a quantitative phrase and definitely is not synonymous with "PROOF of funds required for duration of stay" (in the amount of X dollars per week for example). Furthermore, this information is not REMOTELY consistent with the information I received DIRECTLY, FROM A FIJIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICER IN FIJI. Even the Air Pathetic pilot in Nadi verified the statements of the FIJIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICER. The inaccuracy of web-based information in fact, is the excuse Luisa used to invalidate the copy of the Fijian web page I brought to the airport! My reply to her was, how can you trust the information on your computer then, and more importantly, why the hell should I? (Remember, I'd received inaccurate information from a representative of this airline before.) She had no response but stonewalling, so I told her, if I arrive in Fiji and immigration has a problem with no onward travel ticket, I will just show them the page from their own website, if they say it is inaccurate, then I'll say "fine, honest mistake, I'm at the airport, I'll purchase a ticket for outbound travel right now". Of course, this was unacceptable to the control-freak - and yet you have the nerve to accuse me of "blowing things out of proportion" when Luisa knew, I WAS CARRYING ON MY PERSON computer equipment (I had an iMac also) worth enough to support a FAMILY in Fiji for the next 2 years? She never asked me to prove funds, even though supposedly it was just as strict a requirement as 'outbound travel' (I told her I had sufficient funds to exempt me from the 'onward travel' rule as well.) The FIJIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICER AT NADI AIRPORT apologized for Luisa's behavior (because she "blew things out of proportion") and told me flat out that even if they had checked for an 'onward travel' ticket I could have done exactly as I proposed to Luisa and it wouldn't have been a problem AT ALL, and, judging by my appearance and obvious access to funds, they wouldn't even have demanded I do so. Furthermore, the FIJIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICER told me that everyone (airport and airline staff), especially someone like Luisa, who was FIJIAN, knew immigration didn't check such things (think about it, this is Fiji, they simply don't have the funds to hire the manpower necessary to enforce everything) and certainly no fuss would be made over an American with obvious means. In fact, the FIJIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICER AT NADI AIRPORT had a smirk on her face during our entire conversation, and the gentle shaking of her head back and forth as I related the debacle in Sydney to her, as over a hundred passengers passed by us without being checked for tickets or funds, spoke volumes about how I'd been knowingly screwed over by Kingsford-Smith staff who "BLEW THINGS OUT OF PROPORTION."
Usually, I don't reply to ignorant responses like the garbage you've posted, but when I read yours, I just had to - right back at you tough guy.

Leatherboy2006: Actually, US citizens are not "lucky" we aren't harassed more when we enter foreign countries - we are just "richer" and more "powerful", having as I'm sure you know, the strongest economy and military force in the world, foreign countries want Americans as allies and for American tourists to spend American dollars in their country and hence, facilitate this spending.