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Nov 21, 2018 | 11:04 am

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Originally Posted by quintic

A few years back, I met a Chinese guy at HAV airport, his ticket was PEK-SVO-HAV; HAV-MEX-PVG. He was stuck at gate area, I suppose that he already got ticket to MEX, but was denied of boarding due to no visa to MEX.
"Passengers transiting through Mexico City (MEX) with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country within 24 hours. They must stay in the international transit area of the airport and have documents required for the next destination."
My guess is that he might need to switch terminal at MEX that complicates the issue.
I don't know how eventually he got out of there. The cubans asked for all his money to "book" him a flight home. I thought Aeroflot might need to take him back.

As long as he isn't allowed to board HAV-MEX though, it's not any airline's problem -- he's just stuck in Cuba without a valid ticket and that's between him and the Cuban authorities.

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