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  • Flight gate location
    Dec 10, 2011
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    I am trying to find out where my flight leaves (gate) from so I know if it is at a duty free store location or not. I am going from Seattle to Victoria with Alaska.

     

    Duty-free stores are in the post-security area - your gate number should precede a letter (A-E - i.e., A17, B60, C24, C14, E1). Four gateways A-E at each corner of the departure level lead to the gates.

     

    I get that the duty free stores are located after the security area. I am just worried since i dont know my gate number yet if i will be by a duty free store.

     

  • visa to London for only 2 h
    Dec 9, 2011
    1
    HI I;M FLYING FROM MONTREAL TO GREECE BUT I HAVE TO STOP TO LONDON CHANGE MY FLIGHT DO I NEED A VISA I;M TRAVELING WITH WITH CANADIAN TRAVEL PASSPORT WITH GREECE VISA THKYOU

     

    Unless Montreal Airport also has a U.K. clearance (as it does with the U.S.), you will need to go through U.K. Customs as an international arrivals, where you will need to show your passport and collect your bags for customs clearance. Thereafter you re-check-in your bag for your flight to Greece. No Visa needed, but a valid passport.

     

  • Duty
    Dec 8, 2011
    0
    do I need to pay duty on Christmas gifts I receive in the US when I return home to the UK?

     

  • Dec 3, 2011
    1
    My daughter is bringing home mugs, steins, and shot glasses from her stay in Europe. Is it best to ship these back, put them in her carry on luggage or pack in a suitcase to be checked in?

     

    Carry-on bags can only weigh up to 25 lbs - putting them into the checked bag could break them.

     

  • Process of Brining in Items from Belgium
    Nov 30, 2011
    0
    I am going to Belgium next week and will be shopping outdoor markets. Not planning on spending more than about $1000. I plan on checking an extra bag with my purchases. Does anyone know the process that will take place to go through customs and if this will be more problems than its worth.

     

  • Connecting between different terminals
    Nov 30, 2011
    1
    What idiot designed EWR such that the only way to move between terminals requires you to exit the secure zone and then go through security again? Given the tightly-spaced connecting flights airlines subject passengers to nowadays this airport design is the absolute height of stupidity! Well-designed (and well-run) airports do not have this glaring design flaw!

     

    Before you call someone publicly an Idiot - ponder this: Airtrain stations are at Terminals A & B on Concourse level, post-security: At Terminal A close to gateway A2; at Terminal B close to gateway B2; at Terminal C the station is on Upper Level's center, at post-security.

     

  • What can go to Kyrgyzstan
    Nov 21, 2011
    0
    I am leaving for Kyrgyzstan in a couple days and was wondering what foods and goods can't go over or where I can find the list. Thanks

     

  • id
    Nov 20, 2011
    0
    can i use only student id flying sacramento to san diego

     

  • Nov 20, 2011
    0
    if i going sacramento to san diego can i use only student id

     

  • Nov 18, 2011
    1
    do I still need to take my shoes off for security? do I still need to bring my toilitries in small bottles and put in quart plastic bag??

     

    At present yes on both - only children under 12 are exempted from shoe-takeoffs.

     

  • international pet arrival
    Nov 16, 2011
    0
    I'm picking up a friend, with his dog, coming from Columbia, S.A. at JFK, N.Y. this friday. Where will I pick them up at ? At the Delta terminal, or is there a pet terminal?

     

  • Nov 15, 2011
    1
    My daughter is flying in from Heathrow and is scheduled to arrive at LAX at 3:05 pm. Her connecting flight is Southwest and leaves at 5:25 pm. Is that enough time to clear customs and get on her flight?

     

    1. Presuming she arrives at the International terminal TBIT (or TB), she would have to get to Terminal 1 for Southwest. 2. On arrival, she needs to go through passport control, pick up her luggage, go through Customs clearance and then re-check-in her bag (making sure at Heathrow checkin that bags show all 3 airports on their tags) - count on 30-40 mins. 3.Thereafter she needs to exit TBIT and catch the LAX bus Route A on lower arrival level island in front of each terminal, under sign 'LAX shuttle airline connection', which runs every 12-15 mins. - stopping at T4-8 and over to T1 - six stops - 15 minutes. At T1 she needs to go through security check again and up to her gate. (T1 has gates 1-14).

     

  • Date on Visa
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    My visa to Uk is valid from 12/23/2011. Can i depart boston on 12/22/2011 to arrive Heathrow London 12/23/2011. Or i have to leave on the 12/23/2011. Please advise

     

    Your Visa is for the UK starting on 12/23 and you arrive in the UK on 12/23 - no problem.

     

  • can my friend come
    Nov 8, 2011
    0
    My friend has a matricula consolar and a Mexico passport can he fly from san Francisco to new york

     

  • WHY CAN'T YOU ENTER TERMINAL C WHEREV
    Nov 6, 2011
    0
    When approaching terminal C elite access line from customs, I attempted to go through and was told I had to go in where my gate was, as shown on my boarding pass. forget that i might've wanted to meet someone, or prefer a resaurant/shopping at another checkpoint, or that might gate might've changed since printing my boarding pass, or that the line was shorter where i was, where does security think that it's helpful to refuse someone to enter through whatever checkpoint they want? The security employee, not TSA, said she was told by her supervisor not to allow anyone past whose gate did not correspond to that particular checkpoint.

     

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