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Old Jul 24, 2010 | 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by cxfan1960
This is the case for all places for INTL-DOM transits. Passengers need to pick up their luggage, interlined or not, to clear customs. However, US is worse in that they don't even care if you are transiting to another country. You always enter US first.
Yes and yes. I was commenting that in the good old days that wasn't the case. I can fly HKG-JFK-IAD without having to worry about my bags at JFK at all.
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