Originally Posted by
YariGuy
I believe that itineraries and passenger manifests are reported to Chinese immigration at the point of departure.
Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
I think you might be overthinking it, I’ve gotten locked in sometimes and they had to manually come over and let me out and it was a simple one way ticket.
Yeah, I also don't think there was anything going on with flight reporting, etc.
I've had various times when the machine needed intervention, although mostly due to bad thumbprint reading at PEK on exit.
Sometimes it just doesn't all work automatically, it seems.
Originally Posted by
YariGuy
But it's fun to try to figure out how this thing works and contribute to the collective knowledge.
For sure! The more we know, the better we are capable of navigating the system.
Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
I’ve had the locked inside and flight number question when I’m the first from my flight to enter the gates.
Originally Posted by
YariGuy
I was one of the last, but probably one of the very few foreigners on this very large and full flight.
I've been at the eChannel machines first (by a hefty margin) a few times now on PEK entry with no one else in sight, and had no issues whatsoever.