Originally Posted by
superbobx2
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!
No, there is no sterile transit area where you can pick up your checked luggage at KIX. If your luggage is checked to KIX, then you have to go through passport control to enter Japan, pick up your luggage and go through customs, come out to the international arrival area, go up to the international check-in area, and check-in with China Airlines.
You are originating at JFK on an AA flight. AA has a policy of not through check luggage on two separate tickets, even on AA to AA situations. It is possible that AA at JFK will not check through your luggage to Taiwan even if you ask because you are on two separate tickets.
I do think 1 hr. 40 min. is cutting too close if you cannot check your luggage to Taiwan.