Originally Posted by
lesliefd1968
It's all JL but I was told this morning by a JL CS agent that because of the visa free exemption being suspended and JL do not issue confirmed tickets for the connecting flight, most likely we'll not be allowed to board even from here in the US even if the connecting flight is wide open. I guess this is the scenario for non-revs who are planning to connect in Japan or HongKong as both countries have almost the same transiting rules. It worked for you because your tickets are a combo of award and non-rev.
The challenge is probably that we who understand the most about the transit rules in general, probably know very little about the intricacies of non-rev/ID travel.
If you can't get your second flight confirmed until you are in the airport in Japan, then that might be a bit of a challenge to allow you to board in the US. If we ignore covid and entry restrictions for a moment, what would the normal flow be for this journey, go through transit flow and go to the next gate and do the "stand-by rain dance" and hope for a seat fall down in your lap, or to go through arrivals and start nagging the check-in staff until a seat magically opens?
I have seen reports of UA staff travelling on UA to Guam via Japan, only getting a confirmation of the second flight in Japan. But I don't know if that is easier for UA staff on UA than it is for non JL staff on JL.