Originally Posted by
jib71
Hmm. How reliable is your memory?
Not so much.
Originally Posted by
jib71
IIRC - If a transit passenger arrives at NRT without an onward boarding pass, it's possible to explain this to the agents at the international transit security checkpoint (and it's probably a good idea to carry a printed copy of the reservation for this purpose). The security checkpoint agents ask for a flight number before allowing the passenger to pass through the transit security checkpoint. Immediately on the other side of security, there are transit desks that issue onward boarding passes. After picking up a boarding pass, the passenger emerges in the departure gate area, from which buses leave for the other terminal.
I'm not sure if it's possible to bypass the transit desks and go to the gate area without a pass. I guess it might be...
If your memory serves you well, it should be easy to just bluff - claim you're picking up a boarding pass at the other terminal and take the transit bus.
The part I do remember. I was concerned about not having a boarding pass to show security on arrival because I always needed one in the past but that turned out to be a non issue. I think the transfer desk proper was unmanned(???) and in any case nothing after security came between me and wandering freely around the terminal. I 'tried' really hard to find a way to get boarding passes in Terminal 1 for my JAL connection but I could not come up with a way to do that and definitely did not check in until after I made my way to Terminal 2.
Guess I'll just try it and see how it goes
Worse that could happen is I get trapped in Terminal 2 but at least I know they sell cheap beer in the mini mart so I can make my own lounge.