What country would it be? And what airline? What can happen at LED is actually not as relevant as what the carrier will say when you are about to board the plane. ...
Original idea for routing would be HEL-LED-HEL-xxx, all on AY. I also have the option of routing RIX-LED on BT (or ARN-LED on SK), then continue LED-HEL-xxx on AY. In all cases I will be holding an onward ticket, with departure within 24h.
What happens at LED is very relevant to me. If the airline refuses to board me, then so be it. No harm done. If Russian authorities refuses me onwards travel from LED, then harm done.
Originally Posted by
zebranz
Just had same on Dec 28 on United Airlines ticket.
IAH-MUC-LED-MUC - per Embassy rules and Timatic and United, no visa needed.
My United flight was late from IAH and had to abandon MUC-LED-MUC.
Exactly the kind of experience I was looking for. To bad you didn't get to fly the last part.
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
There's a link to TIMATIC on the SkyTeam website, among other possibilities.
Thanks - by the look of the answer provided by that service, the one I used is also powered by timatic. Identical answer, and no mention of transit to third country.
Originally Posted by TIMATIC web
Russian Federation - Transit Visa
Visa required.
Transiting without a visa is possible for:
Holders of onward tickets for a max. transit time of 24 hours.
There are no transit facilities available at Khabarovsk (KHV), Krasnodar (KRR), Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (UUS) and Vladivostok (VVO). Passengers are required to clear Immigration and Customs.
In the old version of timatic that was available on staralliance, I remeber there used to be a footnote defining a transit as a travel to third country.