Originally Posted by
Kapitanleutnant
... and have heard several other cities from Miami down to South America.
I would think Santiago, Bogota and maybe Lima???
K
Same aircraft international flights that transit USA are a pain for passengers and the airline, due to US immigration rules and processes.
Every through passenger has to be processed by immigration (i.e. needs the appropriate visa or visa waiver). It is bad enough where there is a holding pen with its own immigration desks, like NZ1 & 2 at LAX between AKL and LHR; but if there is no holding pen there is the added problem for the airline of an unknown time for immigration to process through passengers.