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Old Aug 4, 2018 | 12:35 pm
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Originally Posted by NDFan
Could you not buy a cheap throwaway ticket ALG-EU, departing within 24 hours of arrival in ALG, and therefore tell BA you are doing Transit Without Visa?

Furthermore, I believe the BA flight to ALG departs from LGW so if you are arriving from USA at LHR, you have to collect your bags at LHR and re-check them (or not!) at LGW. Which would solve the checked bags problem.
Does Algeria have TWOV ? I wasn't aware of that...
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