Originally Posted by
Kohryu
My latest worry now is that I'm travelling to the Monterey area, a town a few hours north of LAX. The town itself does have an airport (MRY), but my friends insisted on picking me up directly from LAX instead because they felt I'd likely miss the connecting flight to MRY. Whilst I do intend to fly back from MRY on the trip home (I have an itinerary to prove this), I worry that CBP might think it's odd that they'd drive 4-5 hours to pick me up, rather than me simply flying to MRY.
I really worry too much. heh
Are you holding a ticket for LAX-MRY? Because if you skip that segment, the rest of your ticket will be canceled.
Everyone goes through Immigration & Customs at their first point of entry, which in your case is LAX. I doubt the Immigration official will even care how you're getting from LAX to your final destination. They see countless people every day who aren't staying in Los Angeles.