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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by farenthold
Do you even have to reclaim bags if you are in transit to another international destination?

Is there a transit lounge or do you have to clear immigration? I don't recall ever seeing one, but this way old thread mentions one:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...-area-iah.html
There is no international transit in the USA, with very limited exceptions (NZ1/2 and I think a BR flight in ANC). IAH E and EWR C3 were designed to support such transit, but the US Government decided that they were too xenophobic to allow such a a convenient and friendly thing.
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