Visa Russia S7
Feb 3, 2018, 10:50 am
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But will the airline allow it, that’s the question? They might get nervous about boarding somebody without a visa. I’ve looked at such routings, on SU anyway, and never found a good price for them.
Feb 4, 2018, 6:59 am
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Well, it is similar to the situation when our North American friends need to urgently visit China (China allows you to go landside when you TWOV), but they don't have a visa. So what they do is they book a USA-China-Canada (or vise versa ticket).
Does it sound strange to the airline staff? Yes
Do they get nervous about it? Yes
Are you allowed to do that? Yes, because you are technically transmitting from the US to Canada (ie transitting to a third country).
It' the same here, yes, the OP may get a few questions, but he is not doing anything wrong or illegal, so they will let him board at the end. In the unlikely event of denied boarding, they will have to pay the Involuntary Denied Boarding compensation as per the EU261 regulation.
Sorry did not get your point about good fares on this route. It's not that SU (or S7) are trying to compete with OS, LH and whoever else flies on the route
Does it sound strange to the airline staff? Yes
Do they get nervous about it? Yes
Are you allowed to do that? Yes, because you are technically transmitting from the US to Canada (ie transitting to a third country).
It' the same here, yes, the OP may get a few questions, but he is not doing anything wrong or illegal, so they will let him board at the end. In the unlikely event of denied boarding, they will have to pay the Involuntary Denied Boarding compensation as per the EU261 regulation.
Sorry did not get your point about good fares on this route. It's not that SU (or S7) are trying to compete with OS, LH and whoever else flies on the route