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- From: nguyen@ttd.teradyne.com
- Subject: Re: Customs in L.A????
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 01:12:55 GMT
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- >
- >I am going to be flying from Sydney to Chicago via L.A.
- >I was wondering, where do I go through customs?? My bags will be checked
- >all the way to Chicago, so would I go through customs in L.A. or Chicago.
- >Can anyone give me insight? Thanks in advance
-
- >>Hi,
- >>Well, I can tell you that when I flew to Pittsburgh via L.A., we went
- >>through customs in L.A. They make you pick up your bags, go through
- >>customs, and then they'll take your bags just the other side. (Of
- >>course, I was flying Qantas, so maybe it would be different on U.S.
- >>airlines.)
-
- >>Bobbie
-
- I live in Chicago but often traveled to the Far-East for business. Regardless
- of foreign or U.S based carrier (I flew on ANA, Cathay-Pacific, JAL, United,
- as well as Northwest), everytime I landed on the west-coast (Seattle, S.F, or
- L.A) I had to go through Immigrations & Customs.
-
- If you have boxes, then don't forget to bring along a roll of tape to be used
- after Customs are done with it. I'm not very fond of Immigrations & Customs
- officials here in the U.S. They seem to exude a sense of intimidations without
- being professionals about it. At times it seemed rude to me. Several
- countries provide tapes for use by travellers after going through customs. The
- U.S is not one of them, so bring a spare roll of tape if you want to send your
- luggage on the connecting flight.
-
- One time I came to Chicago via Toronto (from London) and had to pass customs
- in Toronto too, now that I think about it. I guest gateway cities handle that
- duty of processing incoming passengers
-
- Minh
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