NRT fly through
Nov 29, 2012 | 8:25 pm
#16
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: SUV
Programs: UA *G MM
Posts: 7,216
Departing from the US, the old United would never ask for a passport if you check-in online (where you enter your passport number). With the new CO-dominated United (post March 2012) they asked for my passport in the SEA lounge (and stamped my BP) and I think the time before that they asked to see it at the gate.
Departing NRT they asked to see your passport at the gate pre and post March 2012.
Departing NRT they asked to see your passport at the gate pre and post March 2012.
Nov 29, 2012 | 8:30 pm
#17
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: TYO / WAS / NYC
Programs: American Express got a hit man lookin' for me
Posts: 5,257
BTW, there is a major upshot in going through NRT: you get international service (free meals, beer, wine, and sake, at least on UA) instead of domestic service.
There is not a huge difference in the travel distance between the NRT transit and the HNL transit. HNL is a bit shorter if you are coming from the southern US while NRT is a bit shorter if you are coming from the northern US.
There is not a huge difference in the travel distance between the NRT transit and the HNL transit. HNL is a bit shorter if you are coming from the southern US while NRT is a bit shorter if you are coming from the northern US.
Dec 3, 2012 | 2:35 pm
#18
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP, MR Gold, HH Gold
Posts: 926
You do not need a passport to transit through NRT to GUM (I have friends stationed overseas who've done it during emergency leave), but you'd be crazy not to have one in case something happened and you need to enter Japan.
Dec 3, 2012 | 5:40 pm
#19
Join Date: May 2006
Location: PMD
Programs: UA*G, NW, AA. WR-G, HH-S, IHG, ALL. TT-GE.
Posts: 3,116
Incorrect. You are required to have a passport, period. Military people stationed abroad have IDs that can legally substitute for passports on official orders or whatever else. But civilians are required to have passports.
