Posted this on the JL forum but then I found this super helpful post! Hoping to get some advice on KIX transit.
I have an itinerary in mind where we are traveling JL from LAX-KIX then trying to transfer to China Airlines to Taiwan on a separate ticket. We'll have about one hour and forty minutes between the flights. I don't necessarily trust that the agent here in the US (we are connecting from AA from JFK) will be able to interline our luggage over to the other carrier. Is there a sterile transit area such that we can pick up our luggage in a sterile transit area, then go to a transit counter to check in our luggage to the next carrier, and pass through transit security only?
I think it would be cutting it too close if we have to pass through customs, enter Japan formally, and then re-check our luggage to the other carrier, then go through regular security. Thanks for your help!