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Dec 16, 2021 | 4:27 pm

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Originally Posted by paine445

Thanks guys - going to be doing something instead like DCA-EWR-NRT-LAX. All on one UA ticket - a checked bag surely would go all the way through to my final destination? Will make sure to update how things go! :-)

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Originally Posted by SFO777

Won’t work. You can’t fly US-Japan-US just as you can’t fly Canada-Japan-Canada. Hence the previous suggestion to fly Canada-Japan-US which would be an acceptable routing.

The usual problem in that is cabotage, but by flying United that is out of the question. A fair amount of people fly mainland US NRT GUM on United which technically also US Japan US.

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