No need to collect checked luggage while transiting through IAH. [OneStop]
Feb 8, 2014, 2:28 pm
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No need to collect checked luggage while transiting through IAH. [OneStop]
So this was a shocker for me.
Just flew from London to Brazil via Houston and didn't need to collect and re-check my luggage. At Heathrow I got a little sticker which had a green T on it which I had to show before Immigration in Houston. As it was new to me I didn't think much of it, but sure enough, once I came to the immigation lines there was a special lane for those with the big green T. This lane was so short and fast that it was great. Even the officer I met was a guy with a great sense of humor. 10 points to this ^
So may I ask, is this valid for all passengers transiting or just for those coming on certain routes?
(Please merge if a thread has the same info)
Just flew from London to Brazil via Houston and didn't need to collect and re-check my luggage. At Heathrow I got a little sticker which had a green T on it which I had to show before Immigration in Houston. As it was new to me I didn't think much of it, but sure enough, once I came to the immigation lines there was a special lane for those with the big green T. This lane was so short and fast that it was great. Even the officer I met was a guy with a great sense of humor. 10 points to this ^
So may I ask, is this valid for all passengers transiting or just for those coming on certain routes?
(Please merge if a thread has the same info)
Feb 8, 2014, 3:07 pm
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sounds somewhat similar to the pre-check they do in DUB, quite nice.
Wish they would do something like that for FRA-EWR, full on customs and such, AND you get to go through TSA again...for no good reason....(is that just bad airport layout?)
Wish they would do something like that for FRA-EWR, full on customs and such, AND you get to go through TSA again...for no good reason....(is that just bad airport layout?)
Feb 8, 2014, 3:45 pm
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I've had this in MIA a few years ago flying SCL-MIA-YUL on LA-AA... it's at some airports for some airlines when doing an international-international connection. You still have to go through immigration (sometimes expedited) and customs with your carry-on, but the checked luggage is transferred directly.
Feb 8, 2014, 4:22 pm
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New Policy Apparantly
Don't know if it's select flights. Flying SJO > IAH > LAS last weekend they announced everyone would have to pick up checked bags and re-check. After awhile they came back on and announcded they were just notified, those connecting to another international destination did not have to get their bags - they would be checked through.
Feb 9, 2014, 2:51 am
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Good thing to everyone if US CBP does not waste time and US taxpayers' money screening luggage that is not going to stay in US in any case. Next thing would be not wasting money and time with persons transiting to third country either.
Feb 9, 2014, 4:14 am
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"Progressive clearance" is when a flight into a country unloads persons for customs clearance at more than one airport in the country with the pax's personal admissibility (and perhaps cabin baggage) inspection is done at the first port of entry into the country but the checked baggage inspection is done at a following airport.
Originally Posted by CBP
Transiting the U.S.
(03/15/2013)All travelers transiting through the United States are required to be documented with a valid passport and a valid visa (or Electronic System for Travel Authorization – ESTA).
Progressive Clearance
Progressive clearance is a system where the admissibility inspection is conducted at the first port of arrival; the baggage inspection is conducted at the second port.
Procedures
Progressive clearance passengers will retain their stamped CBP Declaration (Form 6059B) and present it to the CBP officer at the appropriate U.S. port of final destination.
Stopover passengers (those who disembarked and stayed in the first city and re-boarded the flight to a second port in the United States) will retain and present it at the final port in the United States a CBP Declaration stamped “Domestic.”
(03/15/2013)All travelers transiting through the United States are required to be documented with a valid passport and a valid visa (or Electronic System for Travel Authorization – ESTA).
Progressive Clearance
Progressive clearance is a system where the admissibility inspection is conducted at the first port of arrival; the baggage inspection is conducted at the second port.
Procedures
Progressive clearance passengers will retain their stamped CBP Declaration (Form 6059B) and present it to the CBP officer at the appropriate U.S. port of final destination.
Stopover passengers (those who disembarked and stayed in the first city and re-boarded the flight to a second port in the United States) will retain and present it at the final port in the United States a CBP Declaration stamped “Domestic.”
Feb 9, 2014, 12:19 pm
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AFAIK Houston IAH was the first airport in "recent" times to have the new "One-stop" system. IIRC Chicago ORD has it now also but someone please confirm.
If you are on one airline itin, as in all on UNITED, and transiting int'l-to-int'l at IAH your bags will check through (has a friend use it BZE-IAH-LHR recently for example). And you process through the "one-stop" line which is just behind the special Global Entry area next to the diplo and crew line. I do not recall if there is one on the north side of FIS also.
Here is a bit more info though this does not cover everything. http://www.fly2houston.com/OneStop
If you have carry-on only you can use one-stop also and bypass the second line at customs (Carry-on only with GE allows this also).
If you are on one airline itin, as in all on UNITED, and transiting int'l-to-int'l at IAH your bags will check through (has a friend use it BZE-IAH-LHR recently for example). And you process through the "one-stop" line which is just behind the special Global Entry area next to the diplo and crew line. I do not recall if there is one on the north side of FIS also.
Here is a bit more info though this does not cover everything. http://www.fly2houston.com/OneStop
If you have carry-on only you can use one-stop also and bypass the second line at customs (Carry-on only with GE allows this also).
Feb 9, 2014, 1:16 pm
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AFAIK Houston IAH was the first airport in "recent" times to have the new "One-stop" system. IIRC Chicago ORD has it now also but someone please confirm.
If you are on one airline itin, as in all on UNITED, and transiting int'l-to-int'l at IAH your bags will check through (has a friend use it BZE-IAH-LHR recently for example). And you process through the "one-stop" line which is just behind the special Global Entry area next to the diplo and crew line. I do not recall if there is one on the north side of FIS also.
Here is a bit more info though this does not cover everything. http://www.fly2houston.com/OneStop
If you have carry-on only you can use one-stop also and bypass the second line at customs (Carry-on only with GE allows this also).
If you are on one airline itin, as in all on UNITED, and transiting int'l-to-int'l at IAH your bags will check through (has a friend use it BZE-IAH-LHR recently for example). And you process through the "one-stop" line which is just behind the special Global Entry area next to the diplo and crew line. I do not recall if there is one on the north side of FIS also.
Here is a bit more info though this does not cover everything. http://www.fly2houston.com/OneStop
If you have carry-on only you can use one-stop also and bypass the second line at customs (Carry-on only with GE allows this also).
I don't use the one-stop at ORD but I have tried to use it.
Personally, I'd rather claim my bags at initial port of entry to the US because sometimes I am not going to be flying further on the itinerary after arrival in the US. But I'm more eccentric in that way.
Feb 10, 2014, 12:21 am
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Didn't they change the rules after 9/11?
I remember what exactly talking about. You don't have reclaimed your checked bag in Customs anymore. Your bag is automatically to your final destinations cities. You don't have pickup the bag. I remember our bags went through BSL. I don't have pickup the bag in CDG. Because it was EU customs control. It was automatically. You don't have worried about the bags.
I remember what exactly talking about. You don't have reclaimed your checked bag in Customs anymore. Your bag is automatically to your final destinations cities. You don't have pickup the bag. I remember our bags went through BSL. I don't have pickup the bag in CDG. Because it was EU customs control. It was automatically. You don't have worried about the bags.
Feb 10, 2014, 1:34 am
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Didn't they change the rules after 9/11?
I remember what exactly talking about. You don't have reclaimed your checked bag in Customs anymore. Your bag is automatically to your final destinations cities. You don't have pickup the bag. I remember our bags went through BSL. I don't have pickup the bag in CDG. Because it was EU customs control. It was automatically. You don't have worried about the bags.
I remember what exactly talking about. You don't have reclaimed your checked bag in Customs anymore. Your bag is automatically to your final destinations cities. You don't have pickup the bag. I remember our bags went through BSL. I don't have pickup the bag in CDG. Because it was EU customs control. It was automatically. You don't have worried about the bags.
The EU continued to -- and continues to -- allow bags to transit the EU without claiming them at port of first arrival into the EU. The EU continued to -- and continues to -- allow passengers to be admitted into the EU at the first point of entry into the EU and/or Schengen Zone, and it continued to -- and continues to -- allow passengers to transit the EU without seeking admission into the EU. The physical lay-out of airports and some EU countries not being part of the Schengen Agreement and some EU countries being part of the Schengen Agreement does result in practical differences, but those were not a direct result of rule changes after 9/11.
Feb 10, 2014, 1:58 am
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The US sort of changed the rules after 9/11, and the limited transit (without admission into the country) was killed.
The EU continued to -- and continues to -- allow bags to transit the EU without claiming them at port of first arrival into the EU. The EU continued to -- and continues to -- allow passengers to be admitted into the EU at the first point of entry into the EU and/or Schengen Zone, and it continued to -- and continues to -- allow passengers to transit the EU without seeking admission into the EU. The physical lay-out of airports and some EU countries not being part of the Schengen Agreement and some EU countries being part of the Schengen Agreement does result in practical differences, but those were not a direct result of rule changes after 9/11.
The EU continued to -- and continues to -- allow bags to transit the EU without claiming them at port of first arrival into the EU. The EU continued to -- and continues to -- allow passengers to be admitted into the EU at the first point of entry into the EU and/or Schengen Zone, and it continued to -- and continues to -- allow passengers to transit the EU without seeking admission into the EU. The physical lay-out of airports and some EU countries not being part of the Schengen Agreement and some EU countries being part of the Schengen Agreement does result in practical differences, but those were not a direct result of rule changes after 9/11.
Feb 10, 2014, 3:28 pm
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If the US authorities were to be more sensible about travellers through their country then I would come back to the LAX route.
Feb 13, 2014, 5:03 am
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Didn't they change the rules after 9/11?
I remember what exactly talking about. You don't have reclaimed your checked bag in Customs anymore. Your bag is automatically to your final destinations cities. You don't have pickup the bag. I remember our bags went through BSL. I don't have pickup the bag in CDG. Because it was EU customs control. It was automatically. You don't have worried about the bags.
I remember what exactly talking about. You don't have reclaimed your checked bag in Customs anymore. Your bag is automatically to your final destinations cities. You don't have pickup the bag. I remember our bags went through BSL. I don't have pickup the bag in CDG. Because it was EU customs control. It was automatically. You don't have worried about the bags.
Also, BSL isn't in the EU.