Query on US Transcon Rule for a DONE3
Apr 1, 2007 | 2:57 pm
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Apr 1, 2007 | 5:13 pm
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Does anyone have experience of MEX a a same-plane-turnround point? Is international transit possible or are there any visa requirements?
And the NRT-GRU I do see as potentially useful as a "segment saver" - being able to do Asia to S America with only one of the twenty segments.
And the NRT-GRU I do see as potentially useful as a "segment saver" - being able to do Asia to S America with only one of the twenty segments.
Apr 1, 2007 | 5:26 pm
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Apr 1, 2007 | 6:38 pm
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True, but only useful if you want to go to GRU (not the best fun destination in SA). Otherwise you burn a segment to get to SCL or EZE, so it is 2 segments NRT-GRU-EZE -- when you can just do NRT-JFK-EZE or NRT-JFK-SCL. No segment saved, and going to Brazil can be expensive for some people. But the JL flight to GRU does offer A year-round, so it is more of an A-saver (and connects to the BA A-service out of GRU).
Apr 1, 2007 | 6:46 pm
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GRU is not on my radar either, so I don't see myself taking that flight any time soon, but NRT-GRU-SCL is a better MR, compared to any other NRT-US-SCL.