Originally Posted by
C17PSGR
Well if Timatic says "Visa required, except for Nationals of <visa exempt nation> holding
confirmed onward airline tickets to a third country, if arriving in and departing from the same city" isn't the concern here with Timatic, not AA.
-TIMATIC does NOT spit out that language when China is input as the transit country
-The OP had a ticket, leaving Shanghai, on Japan Airlines 784. That flight goes from China to Japan, thereby fulfilling the third country requirement