International travel document verification by airlines?
Jul 8, 2020, 1:35 pm
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Is their a good source about how airlines are fined for letting passengers on flights where they're not supposed to? Like the original source documents? I read everywhere about $10,000 fines, but can't seem to find the legislation/regulation that states this, and would imagine it would be different depending on destination and circumstances.
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Jul 8, 2020, 4:38 pm
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Is there any reason why the airline can't give you the heads-up at the time you are making the reservation?
Jul 9, 2020, 12:20 am
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Jul 9, 2020, 6:00 am
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That aside, there is documentation that must be presented no matter what for international flights such as a passport, and why not sooner than later, given how complex things are these days?
I was asking for a heads-up only, not anything in full or final. If there are obvious omisions or likely conflicts, that too might be useful to deal with sooner than later.
What I am particularly curious about is whether airlines can interact with TIMATIC information in such a way that potential problems can be relayed in an automated fashion to the passenger and not necessitated by manual handling by airline staff.
Jul 9, 2020, 6:06 am
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A little cynical perhaps, but the reason is probably commercial. They want to put as few obstacles as possible in your way before you part with your money.
Jul 9, 2020, 6:46 am
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It’s for much the same reason embassies/consulates use wishy-washy language about the situation at this time and instead make suggestions to check elsewhere with the (embassy/consulate’s) home country government and with the transporting airline. And even when an individual wants to check with the border control authorities: often these government authorities will default to pointing people toward boilerplate language and/or otherwise suggest they cannot grant prior approval for an individual to be transportable and/or admissible to the destination.
Jul 10, 2020, 8:27 pm
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It’s for much the same reason embassies/consulates use wishy-washy language about the situation at this time and instead make suggestions to check elsewhere with the (embassy/consulate’s) home country government and with the transporting airline. And even when an individual wants to check with the border control authorities: often these government authorities will default to pointing people toward boilerplate language and/or otherwise suggest they cannot grant prior approval for an individual to be transportable and/or admissible to the destination.
