Originally Posted by
ISTFlyer
Until today, I never took the risk of two separate tickets where I am not admitted into the final destination of the first ticket but from my experience from the forum reading other people's posts, I could tell that the US3 is also lenient. Not sure about other airlines.
Pre COVID i never had issues with any visa when on separate tickets, provided luggage wasnt involved (and it never was involved!)
The best fun itinerary was LHR-FRA-PVG-ZRH-LHR without visa under the 6 day TWOV rule.