Originally Posted by
ChiefNWA
True. I suppose the same would apply to someone with a confirmed ticket if the flight cancelled or something. I might consider doing this, but for some reason I'm a bit iffy about it. I'm just one of those people that worry about everything haha.
I'm with you on this. The transit without visa (china-embassy.ord) states the TWOV is available to people with
booked seats (my bolding).
A non-rev ticket is kind of stand-by right? Does it qualify as a 'booked' (which implies confirmed) seat?
If you were holding confirmed seats and you became ill, or your flight was cancelled/delayed I think that is a different matter to being potentially stuck in China for x number of additional days because you are on standby.
This may be a problem when you come to leave China. If you are two days late and the reason you give is not a flight cancellation/illness they might then look at your ticket and see non-rev and then the trouble starts.