JFK Baggage transfer
My cousin travels from EVN-SVO-JFK-MIA. There is a 10 hour wait in JFK and I'm meeting her there. I know that she has to pass border control and customs at JFK but..
Should we claim and drop-off the luggage at JFK or it can be arranged to be claimed at MIA? Does it matter if the terminals of arrival and departure are different? We'd like if the luggage will fly to her final destination and customs will process her luggage at JFK without her being involved. I remember that was the case when I was flying through Canada. Thanks. |
She's going to have to claim the luggage at JFK and then "recheck" it to Miami.
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thanks for answering. Do you know whats the reason behind that? All the airports without transit zone are like that?
What if the gap between the flights is shorter? Is there a link? Thanks |
Originally Posted by avagyan
(Post 18374689)
thanks for answering. Do you know whats the reason behind that? All the airports without transit zone are like that?
What if the gap between the flights is shorter? Is there a link? Thanks |
Originally Posted by avagyan
(Post 18374689)
thanks for answering. Do you know whats the reason behind that? All the airports without transit zone are like that?
What if the gap between the flights is shorter? Is there a link? Thanks And as such, you have access to items which would be permitted as a checked bag, but not in a carryon. Things such as firearms come to mind. While the bag will be claimed at JFK for customs/immigration purposes, the bag should be tagged in EVN all the way through to MIA. I am not familiar with JFK, but there may be a baggage recheck area immediately outside of customs, where the bag can be simply dropped and the passenger would be on their way. I hope I have made some sense here. |
I was recently traveling BRU-YUL-LGA and I've passed US Borders and customs in Montreal, Canada. My bags automatically got transferred (I just identified on the screen that the bag belongs to me) and I didn't pass anything else in LGA.
Pretty cool, except they sold me Grey Goose on board without letting me know that I can't take it to LGA. Thanks for your answers |
Originally Posted by avagyan
(Post 18375261)
I was recently traveling BRU-YUL-LGA and I've passed US Borders and customs in Montreal, Canada. My bags automatically got transferred (I just identified on the screen that the bag belongs to me) and I didn't pass anything else in LGA.
Pretty cool, except they sold me Grey Goose on board without letting me know that I can't take it to LGA. Thanks for your answers |
In my analogue
Belgium = Moscow Montreal = JFK LGA = Miami I wasn’t comparing USA-Canada and USA-Russia YUL has more "common sense" than JFK, IMO, but probably there is a reason which I don't know |
Originally Posted by avagyan
(Post 18375428)
In my analogue
Belgium = Moscow Montreal = JFK LGA = Miami I wasn’t comparing USA-Canada and USA-Russia YUL has more "common sense" than JFK, IMO, but probably there is a reason which I don't know At YUL, only a percentage of passengers on an international flight will be continuing onto a US flight and thus have to be screened by the US - limited percentage makes use of this system easier. If you had been connecting to a Canadian destination at YUL, you would've had to retrieve your bags just like entering the US at JFK. So they are already having to sort the bags for multiple destinations within the airport. |
Thank you very much!
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