Originally Posted by
Jestner
When you arrive to DFW, you will need to pass through immigrations, then pick up your checked luggage in baggage claims, proceed past customs and then recheck checked baggage. This is the process for international commercial flights connecting through the US.
Not necessarily. At DFW, AA offers ITI (international-to-international) through-checking of bags for itineraries that start in a foreign country and end in a foreign country with merely a connection.
If the check-in agent at CUN places the special ITI tag on the bag, the OP should not see it again until arrival at HEL.
AA also offers ITI service at MIA. Sample ITI tag here:
