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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 3:23 am
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Originally Posted by GloverParker
The reasoning is that you could have the items sighted at your initial departure and then never re-check them, thereby having them never leave the country . . .though if I'm holding an international boarding pass, that seems like a bit of a stretch but so be it.

It did, however, leave a bit more time for flounging (I'm totally adopting that term).
Thanks for the update. I had a feeling this might have been a snag (that there was no guarantee you would export the goods once you reach the transit stop).
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