Originally Posted by
mvoight
To be fair, Timatic does more than just validates the destination, it also validates the transit points. If this says no visa is required, then what is AA using to deny travelers the flights? Did the agent not enter the connecting point?
It does. For a journey to NRT with transit of PVG, then timatic shows the visa waiver. Where PVG is the destination, it shows that a visa is required
On a r/t to PVG where travel on the inbound has a transit in NRT, which of the 2 methods would seem to be the valid entry to use to determine eligibility?
If China wanted general tourist visa free travel, it could simply change to having a 144 hour visa waiver for tourists and issue would go away.
Even if the Govt. of China sanctions this use ( as suggested above ) , cannot expect airlines to do anything other than what the official rules state , surely?