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Old Nov 23, 2019 | 8:51 am
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Originally Posted by NobleHouse
Dredging this one back up - I looked through recent Delta policies and didn't find the above cited rule in this thread:

Overnight Layover in ATL with Checked bags

Parents are flying from NRT-HNL-ATL with a long layover in HNL. It's a valid routing on single PNR. The layover scheduled is just over 8 hours, about 9am to 5pm HNL local.
NRT - HNL DL 180
HNL - ATL DL 836

They were forced to short check at NRT and were wondering why they had to do that, their plans were to do a little sight seeing during their layover and didn't want to lug their bags around. Thanks for the help!
As HNL is the first US port of entry, every passenger must claim their luggage at HNL to pass US Customs.

Whether their bags were originally tagged HNL or ATL wouldn't matter - all they have to do is recheck bags at HNL and have fun during the day before returning to the airport for the flight to ATL.
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