Vingt20cent From Canada, joined Apr 2004, 82 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2887 times:
Happy Saturday!
I've been really curious about this for some time. .
I am currently living in MTY, and travel to YYZ a lot, in order to visit my family. Often times, I have flown on AA through DFW. I have grown accustomed to picking up my bags upon clearing customs, and "throwing" them onto another conveyor belt before I go through security again.
Recently, I flew on CO through IAH, and DL through ATL, where my bags where checked all the way through to YYZ. In other words, I didn't have to pick up my bags until my final destination, YYZ.
My question. . . .
At DFW, why do my bags need to be picked up, and can't simply be transferred like at IAH or ATL?
Jetmatt777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 2663 posts, RR: 36 Reply 1, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2714 times:
I flew through DFW to LGA, my bags made it to LGA without me picking them up and being checked through again. Well My Bags made it, my brother's got stolen in LGA.
Maverick623 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 4744 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2666 times:
Quoting Vingt20cent (Thread starter): I have grown accustomed to picking up my bags upon clearing customs, and "throwing" them onto another conveyor belt before I go through security again.
Which is standard practice, so if you get selected for secondary CBP can check what's in them.
Quoting Vingt20cent (Thread starter): Recently, I flew on CO through IAH, and DL through ATL, where my bags where checked all the way through to YYZ. In other words, I didn't have to pick up my bags until my final destination, YYZ.
I'm a little confused. If you flew MTY-IAH, you should've picked up your bags before Immigration control.
Vingt20cent From Canada, joined Apr 2004, 82 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2545 times:
Quoting Maverick623 (Reply 2): I'm a little confused. If you flew MTY-IAH, you should've picked up your bags before Immigration control.
That makes 2 of us! I was standing there waiting for my baggage. FInally, I asked a worker and he asked for my baggage claim. There was a green sticker on the claim, symbolizing that my bag was checked all the way thru, and that even though I was coming from Mexico, I didn't need to re-claim it after customs.
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21029 posts, RR: 60 Reply 4, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2511 times:
It may be NAFTA related. Are you a Mexican citizen? Did you have to clear customs in YYZ?
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Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5093 posts, RR: 13 Reply 5, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2453 times:
If you are making an international connection (ie connecting to a nonUS city) you don't clear your bags with US Customs at Dallas. If you were connecting to an American city, and DFW was your first point of entry, you are suppose to clear customs and immigration in DFW, meaning you pick your bags and after Customs you hand it over to guys who put it on the belt and eventually it gets to your flight.
Of course regardless of your destination you clear US immigration on your first port of entry.
This is regardless of your citizenship. In a few words, bags staying in the US is what interests US customs.
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21245 posts, RR: 19 Reply 6, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2409 times:
IIRC airports (or carriers) need some sort of waiver for sterile international transit (ITI, at least at DL/ATL)... perhaps DFW/AA do not have it.
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Copter808 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 754 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2359 times:
I think this is something fairly new with CO. I first experienced it a few months ago. I don't know if any other carriers are doing the same thing yet.
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