Does United check you in for connecting flights operated by other carriers?
Mar 19, 2020, 3:46 pm
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Does United check you in for connecting flights operated by other carriers?
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Have a EWR -> NRT -> PVG flight with EWR->NRT leg on United (UA), and NRT->PVG leg on Air China (CA), both Star Alliance carriers.
When I check in at EWR, will United automatically check me into my Air China NRT->PVG flight or will I have to check in myself (either on the app or in person at the transfer counter)?
My connection is only 1 hour 10 min, so afraid I'd miss the check in cut off time in person at the transfer counter, if I do indeed need to do that.
Have a EWR -> NRT -> PVG flight with EWR->NRT leg on United (UA), and NRT->PVG leg on Air China (CA), both Star Alliance carriers.
When I check in at EWR, will United automatically check me into my Air China NRT->PVG flight or will I have to check in myself (either on the app or in person at the transfer counter)?
My connection is only 1 hour 10 min, so afraid I'd miss the check in cut off time in person at the transfer counter, if I do indeed need to do that.
Mar 19, 2020, 3:48 pm
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Generally yes although you may still need to go to the transit counter to get a BP (which is a different step) but you should be sufficiently checked-in for the purposes of the check-in time cutoff.
Mar 19, 2020, 4:18 pm
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Searched for an answer but couldn't find anything... so posting...
Have a EWR -> NRT -> PVG flight with EWR->NRT leg on United (UA), and NRT->PVG leg on Air China (CA), both Star Alliance carriers.
When I check in at EWR, will United automatically check me into my Air China NRT->PVG flight or will I have to check in myself (either on the app or in person at the transfer counter)?
My connection is only 1 hour 10 min, so afraid I'd miss the check in cut off time in person at the transfer counter, if I do indeed need to do that.
Have a EWR -> NRT -> PVG flight with EWR->NRT leg on United (UA), and NRT->PVG leg on Air China (CA), both Star Alliance carriers.
When I check in at EWR, will United automatically check me into my Air China NRT->PVG flight or will I have to check in myself (either on the app or in person at the transfer counter)?
My connection is only 1 hour 10 min, so afraid I'd miss the check in cut off time in person at the transfer counter, if I do indeed need to do that.
Mar 19, 2020, 7:25 pm
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Searched for an answer but couldn't find anything... so posting...
Have a EWR -> NRT -> PVG flight with EWR->NRT leg on United (UA), and NRT->PVG leg on Air China (CA), both Star Alliance carriers.
When I check in at EWR, will United automatically check me into my Air China NRT->PVG flight or will I have to check in myself (either on the app or in person at the transfer counter)?
My connection is only 1 hour 10 min, so afraid I'd miss the check in cut off time in person at the transfer counter, if I do indeed need to do that.
Have a EWR -> NRT -> PVG flight with EWR->NRT leg on United (UA), and NRT->PVG leg on Air China (CA), both Star Alliance carriers.
When I check in at EWR, will United automatically check me into my Air China NRT->PVG flight or will I have to check in myself (either on the app or in person at the transfer counter)?
My connection is only 1 hour 10 min, so afraid I'd miss the check in cut off time in person at the transfer counter, if I do indeed need to do that.
However, do note once you have arrived in China, you will be asked to go into quarantine for 14 days, along with an extensive process before you can leave the airport. If you are a foreign national, you are not allowed to return to the US if you have been to China in the past 14 days. Even for those allowed back to the US, another self-quarantined period of 14 would be required.
Good luck; although I strongly urge you to rethink the trip, unless you absolutely have to go.
Mar 19, 2020, 9:46 pm
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My last UA to CA connection did not give me boarding passes for CA ('airport check-in required'). That was connecting in PEK, so maybe it was a factor.
However, NRT connections are pretty easy, so I would not worry if that happens. Arriving from US, you will exit the plane directly into the terminal, so you can go straight to the transfer counter.
However, NRT connections are pretty easy, so I would not worry if that happens. Arriving from US, you will exit the plane directly into the terminal, so you can go straight to the transfer counter.
