Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
I'm trying to see if CZ itself is at fault.
CZ's website does not provide links to Timatic.
It does have a page called "Visa", but does not have any information regarding China:
http://global.csair.com/US/GB/INFO/CXZB/PAVI
Then it has this page (
http://global.csair.com/US/GB/FLUS/ZZFW/GJMQ) about "visa-free transit". However, it mentions how CAN-WUH-SFO and other one-stop flights will exclude you for 72 hours. There is nothing about 24 hours or the special WUH restrictions. And the embassy/consulate pages say nothing about it.
Then we must ask, why is CZ in the business flying WUH-SFO if WUH has this restriction? There should be a USDOT complaint filed already!
CZ flights this route because the whole world is not made up of American or Canadian passport holders who do not have Chinese visas, which is who the exception applies to. There are other nationalities in the world, you know. As much as we like to think we are the centre of the universe, CZ obviously does not agree. Saying an airline has no business flying a route because it impacts US and Canadian passport holders who want to use TWOV is ridiculous.
Plus, it is 100% the traveller's reaponsibility to ensure they have the proper documents for their journey. How could CZ possibly bear any reaponsibility for this? This entire post is ridiculous.