Intl-intl connection in Lima airport
Oct 5, 2016, 4:38 am
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Intl-intl connection in Lima airport
I arrive at 11pm, departing 1:30am, but departure is on a different ticket and airline and will need to checkin with Lan for it. I would rather connect without having to do immigration...I remeber once i had a missed international connection in Lima and ended at a Lan counter in the international area that could rebook me. Can i use it to checkin for my flight? Can someone remind me how to get there, is it after the security check for connecting international passengers or before it?
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Oct 5, 2016, 5:56 am
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I don't know about Lima airport in particular, but if you're on two tickets you don't have a connection but rather two unrelated flights. If you have checked luggage I don't see how you can avoid immigration and then rechecking bags. If you miss your flight you'll have to burly a new ticket. A 2.5 hour window seems pretty risky to me. Good luck.
Oct 5, 2016, 9:58 pm
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I don't know about Lima airport in particular, but if you're on two tickets you don't have a connection but rather two unrelated flights. If you have checked luggage I don't see how you can avoid immigration and then rechecking bags. If you miss your flight you'll have to burly a new ticket. A 2.5 hour window seems pretty risky to me. Good luck.
Oct 6, 2016, 2:21 am
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I'm probably not much help to you, since I can't speak for Lima specifically, but most airports segregate arriving and departing passengers to some degree (so having a boarding pass in hand may not relieve you of the requirement to clear immigration and/or security checks). I'm sure someone will come along and give you the answer you need.
Oct 6, 2016, 9:48 pm
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Thanks for the reply. I have no checked luggage, just carryon. I understand they are unrelated, but my question is if there is a way for me to get the boarding pass for the flight from Lima to the US within the international transit sector, to avoid the process of immigration to get to the checkin counter
Last edited by krazykanuck; Oct 6, 2016 at 9:54 pm
Oct 7, 2016, 12:07 am
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Arriving LIM there are separate paths for domestic/final destination and international connections. The international connections has a brief document check and a reclearing of security. There is a LAN service desk after clearing security but prior to going upstairs to the gates. I am not sure if they will be staffed at such hours but they were amazingly helpful for me.
Jan 23, 2018, 10:32 pm
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Jan 26, 2018, 9:41 pm
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The int'l transit security doesn't check anything. When you enter the line, there's an agent who will ask where are you coming from and where are you going.
Sep 29, 2019, 2:50 pm
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I'm understanding you are arriving from USA, right? Where are you going on SKY? If you don't have checked luggage, and you already have a SKY boarding pass to a south america city, it should be easy and fast. But I'm not 100% sure, never done that since I live in Lima.
But if you are connecting thru Lima going to USA, I'm almost sure you can't get a boarding pass previously, you have to get it at the airport and do immigration.