Originally Posted by bmwe92fan

Trust me it's not just AC -- UA has messed us up during the pandemic for us as well -- but I don't blame them too badly as when Japan changes rules sometimes the English translation of these rules can take many days to get right.... My (Japanese) wife was denied boarding once for not having the "right" COVID test (granted this was towards the beginning of the pandemic) -- and I was not allowed to travel once because UA did not accept my proof of relationship (my Koseki is in Japanese of course) -- and the agent was clearly wrong - even though I had a valid visa -- and it got sorted out and flew the next day... The truth is that UA sees so few non-Japanese travelling to Japan the past few years they just aren't very familiar with the rules -- and when I tell them to check TIMATIC I usually get what the heck is that?

Of course all of this drama was at EWR -- enough said....

Originally Posted by nexusCFX

Could folks who entered recently let me know if they were able to OLCI and get boarding passes and what, if anything, needed to be checked on paper at the airport. Flying JL57 in F on Friday.

I'm going to bring printout of the EFRS PDF thing, proof of my company's global health coverage, and the eVisa PDF since the Japanese love paper. I suspect only the last one is actually even remotely necessary to have on paper.

Anyone get asked for a paper CDC card? I did the MySOS and it's blue after providing my digital card.

It'd be nice to keep digital boarding passes in wallet for first post-COVID return to Japan but generally you don't get one when you need things like visas to be checked.