International transit at GRU
Feb 17, 2024, 11:07 am
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International transit at GRU
I have a flight from London to Buenos Aires next month, changing at GRU. The flight is all on one ticket (flying with LATAM).
I assume no need to go through immigration, and my bag won't need collecting and rechecking in? That wouldn't normally be the case in airside transit in most countries but have read conflicting advice about transit at GRU. It seems both my incoming and outgoing flight are in Terminal 3.
I assume no need to go through immigration, and my bag won't need collecting and rechecking in? That wouldn't normally be the case in airside transit in most countries but have read conflicting advice about transit at GRU. It seems both my incoming and outgoing flight are in Terminal 3.
Feb 17, 2024, 2:23 pm
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I have a flight from London to Buenos Aires next month, changing at GRU. The flight is all on one ticket (flying with LATAM).
I assume no need to go through immigration, and my bag won't need collecting and rechecking in? That wouldn't normally be the case in airside transit in most countries but have read conflicting advice about transit at GRU. It seems both my incoming and outgoing flight are in Terminal 3.
I assume no need to go through immigration, and my bag won't need collecting and rechecking in? That wouldn't normally be the case in airside transit in most countries but have read conflicting advice about transit at GRU. It seems both my incoming and outgoing flight are in Terminal 3.
Feb 17, 2024, 4:02 pm
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I have a flight from London to Buenos Aires next month, changing at GRU. The flight is all on one ticket (flying with LATAM).
I assume no need to go through immigration, and my bag won't need collecting and rechecking in? That wouldn't normally be the case in airside transit in most countries but have read conflicting advice about transit at GRU. It seems both my incoming and outgoing flight are in Terminal 3.
I assume no need to go through immigration, and my bag won't need collecting and rechecking in? That wouldn't normally be the case in airside transit in most countries but have read conflicting advice about transit at GRU. It seems both my incoming and outgoing flight are in Terminal 3.
Exit the bridge, walk a corridor, spot the signs for International Connections, go through a BP check and security, into the airside of T3 (international only) and good to do some shopping/lounge hopping.
All bags will be tagged to Buenos Aires and boarding passes issued at check in.
Feb 17, 2024, 4:20 pm
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Adding to this Q, if one has a long (same ticket) connection and decide to leave the airport for a city visit, will there be any inhibition on re-entry (such as a departure tax not having been paid)?
Mar 17, 2024, 2:44 pm
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Everything will be quite smooth, similar to non EU - non EU connections in AMS or LHR.
Exit the bridge, walk a corridor, spot the signs for International Connections, go through a BP check and security, into the airside of T3 (international only) and good to do some shopping/lounge hopping.
All bags will be tagged to Buenos Aires and boarding passes issued at check in.
Exit the bridge, walk a corridor, spot the signs for International Connections, go through a BP check and security, into the airside of T3 (international only) and good to do some shopping/lounge hopping.
All bags will be tagged to Buenos Aires and boarding passes issued at check in.
No need to pick up baggage, go through customs, immigration, any of that, is that all correct?
I have a 1:20 I-I connection which seems tight but doable if all the above are true...
Thanks!
Mar 17, 2024, 4:06 pm
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Hi, just wanted to re-confirm - for an I-I connection Latam->Delta over GRU:
No need to pick up baggage, go through customs, immigration, any of that, is that all correct?
I have a 1:20 I-I connection which seems tight but doable if all the above are true...
Thanks!
No need to pick up baggage, go through customs, immigration, any of that, is that all correct?
I have a 1:20 I-I connection which seems tight but doable if all the above are true...
Thanks!
Mar 17, 2024, 6:16 pm
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I traveled through GRU with my dog multiple times, always entering Brazil and leaving the building , then re-entering without any issues. We also were escorted out of the departure area again (re-entering Brazil and going through immigration, the quickest ever) a few times when there were flight delays so the dog could go on an outside break.
The ease of doing this was one big reason for choosing transit through GRU over other routings.