Originally Posted by
Morrissey
So you feel that all airlines now have to be immigration experts as well? Should airlines have to keep completely up-to-date on US visa requirements for citizens of every single country in the world?
What if a citizen of Burkina Faso wishes to travel from Canada via the US to a third country?
A number of countries require the airlines to be competent in this area or be subject to financial penalty for lack of competence in the area were they to transport someone with improper/inadequate travel documentation (i.e., including lack of visas where required).
The following engine found
here too was initially created for the vendors -- not the passengers -- because of the vendor's financial responsibility/liability related to entry/exit requirements.
Originally Posted by Morrissey
And if airlines were required to provide such guidelines, you can be sure there would lawsuits if they gave out information that was incorrect.
If a vendor's misinformation, communicated to the client, results in a an outcome that is materially detrimental to the clien, then a remedy through court may well be pursued by the client. Anything wrong with that?