Originally Posted by
Droneklax
Ridiculous, shameful, silly, retarded, useless rule.
The US should be ostracised for this.
But you don't turn over your responsibility to follow a rule, however retarded, to your travel agent.
Sorry that it's reached this level of stupidity. Let's hope for some change soon.
Incidentally, this is not specific to Australia and more people would benefit from it in Travelbuzz.
People going from France to France (Tahiti) with no desire to enter the US have the same issue, for example.
It has been discussed ad nauseum on this board that most US airports are simply not designed for international-to-international connections, as domestic and international flights can leave from the same terminal. Inasmuch as US airports are not going to spend millions of dollars to redesign their terminals to have sterile areas, how would YOU address this problem (other than simply referring to it as "retarded")? As for traveling from "France to France" airlines traveling such a route are not being forced to have a connection in the US; that is their choice. Why not write to the airline in question and demand that they use Canada or Mexico as a transit point instead?