Capt.Fantastic From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 648 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 1393 times:
While transitting thru Phoenix on US Airways, I heard the boarding call for a flight to Philadelphia (US 1194). Upon each call, the gate agent announced that "...passengers connecting to International flights in Philadelphia must present their passports upon boarding…".
I was wondering why this was done in Phoenix.
Capt.Fantastic From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 648 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 1104 times:
Thanks for the info. I figured that was the case, it certainly makes sense.
Do other carriers practice the same? When I flew Continental via EWR and Delta via ATL from Detroit, I don't recall having my documents checked until boarding the International flights.
FlyingHollander From Netherlands, joined Jul 2011, 210 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 1106 times:
Quoting Capt.Fantastic (Thread starter): "...passengers connecting to International flights in Philadelphia must present their passports upon boarding…"
How are the staff at the gate supposed to know who is connecting where in PHL?
FURUREFA From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 762 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (3 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 958 times:
Every airline I have worked at has done the same. In fact, (try) to verify documentation at every step of the process, from check-in to boarding at each station.
usflyer msp From United States of America, joined May 2000, 1784 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (3 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 898 times:
This is normal at every carrier. It is better to catch documentation problems at the outstation than send the pax to the hub and then have to send them right back home because the documents are not OK.
rwy04lga From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2139 posts, RR: 7 Reply 11, posted (3 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 636 times:
Quoting FlyingHollander (Reply 4): How are the staff at the gate supposed to know who is connecting where in PHL?
A few simple key strokes on Delta Term will bring up a list of passengers making connecting flights, where they're connecting to, and who needs their passports checked. Standard procedure.
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dtwlax From United States of America, joined Aug 2009, 682 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 620 times:
Quoting Capt.Fantastic (Reply 3): Do other carriers practice the same? When I flew Continental via EWR and Delta via ATL from Detroit, I don't recall having my documents checked until boarding the International flights.
Other carriers do check documentation at the point of origin but not necessarily at boarding. DL checks at the time of check-in but not during boarding your domestic leg.
Quoting FlyingHollander (Reply 4): How are the staff at the gate supposed to know who is connecting where in PHL?
In case of DL, when you check-in, the boarding pass printed from the counter mentions very clearlt in big bold letters "DOCUMENTS OK".
Quoting FURUREFA (Reply 7): Every airline I have worked at has done the same. In fact, (try) to verify documentation at every step of the process, from check-in to boarding at each station.
Quoting usflyer msp (Reply 8): This is normal at every carrier. It is better to catch documentation problems at the outstation than send the pax to the hub and then have to send them right back home because the documents are not OK.
Again, I am speaking from my experience with DL, they do it at check-in but not during boarding your domestic sector.
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