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Old Sep 28, 2017 | 7:45 am
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Originally Posted by Runiruni

1) We kept calling United 1k desk to see if we could find a supervisor who knew about TWOV and could add a note to my file,BEFORE we showed up for the flight. Although the agent we finally spoke with didn't know ALL the rules, they added a note about TWOV. This was incredibly helpful and when I arrived for check in (I was prepared with timatic printout and all ongoing flight reservations printed) the whole process took 3 minutes. (!!)
Happy to hear it all worked out

The three minutes at the airport is about right! And about the same amount of time it took me last time I used UA and TWOV (ex ORD).

Appreciate you were concerned and wanted additional confirmation before you traveled, but it's not really necessary to make multiple calls to reservations. Reservations aren't usually across visa rules, whereas agents at the airport are, and 99.9% of the time are going to process you correctly with minimal delays.
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