Originally Posted by FedUp2

I will be flying to Peking with AA (ETA 2145) and then continuing a few hours later with SQ (ETD 0115) to Singapore.

I will commence the journey in LAX and am paranoid that some stupid, ignorant AA agent will deny boarding since I have no Chinese visa.

Is this is a real concern or have the AA agents been educated about China TWOV rules? I called the AA-800#, but those agents were fairly clueless too and just shunted the responsibility to the airport.