Transit through Narita
Jun 14, 2013 | 10:06 pm
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Transit through Narita
I'm a US citizen arriving from Hawaii to Narita on United. I then have an Air China flight to Beijing leaving in two hrs. I will only have one carry-on bag as my luggage. Will I have to go through customs or security at Narita, or will I be able to just de-plane and go right over to the Air China gate for my flight? Thanks.
Jun 15, 2013 | 7:05 am
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Jun 17, 2013 | 10:10 am
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If you have to claim and re-check your bags, you'll have to go through inbound Immigration, get your bags, go through Customs, check your bags, go through security, and then outbound Immigration. If you check your bags all the way through, only one step: transit security.
Jun 17, 2013 | 10:26 am
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If the OP travels with carry on luggage only, he will deplane and take his luggage through security. Then he will be at the departure gates. It will not have any significant effect on the time it takes him to get from plane to gate.
Unless he intends to purchase a bottle of liquid en-route to NRT, I can't think of a reason to check bags as far as NRT, and collect them, take them through customs, and re-check them. That's a real edge case.
Unless he intends to purchase a bottle of liquid en-route to NRT, I can't think of a reason to check bags as far as NRT, and collect them, take them through customs, and re-check them. That's a real edge case.
Last edited by jib71; Jun 17, 2013 at 4:48 pm
