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No transit zone at Linate airport. Couldn't get on connecting flight. Whose responsibility is it?
You misunderstand. The lack of an international transit zone was not your problem. Even if there had been an international transit zone, you would not have been able to remain in it.
Your problem ...
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Etihad refusing to board at AUH despite being medically fit to fly, airport police called and now being detained (Updated 2022-06-03 with resolution)
This is something well beyond the scope of Travel.SE as it involves a potential disaster, including jail time and an entry ban. The priorities of your friend should be:
Forget about "justice&...
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DS-160 transit visa - how do I fill "Address Where You Will Stay in the U.S."
The DS-160 instructions say:
I am required to give the name of a contact or organization and a
phone number, but I am not visiting anyone in the U.S.
If you do not
know anyone personally ...
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Transiting through Switzerland by coach with lots of cash
Rarely does one see so many misconceptions in one question!
coach will definitely or almost certainly be stopped in Switzerland for checks on luggage and things, can I risk being seized all ...
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Transit through US without being a resident of any country
Based on the information in your question and in the comments, you are a resident of Germany for US immigration purposes. The US does not have a system equivalent to the German official residence ...
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Why was I denied boarding on a flight with a transfer through Hong Kong?
According to both Timatic (the system used by most airlines to confirm visa requirements) and the IATA Travel Center a Syrian national DOES require a visa to transit Hong Kong, even if only for a few ...
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How manageable are <15 min connection times in Frankfurt Hbf?
Originally I just wanted to comment on the excellent answer by Hilma, but I can't stress the chance of delays enough. The Deutsche Bahn is nowadays notorious for their delays, especially on long-...
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Can I safely wait in the transit area of a destination airport for my visa to be approved?
You won't get in trouble for arriving at the airport without a visa. Instead, the airline you're flying won't let you on the plane to depart in the first place. They can check the status of electronic ...
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Alcohol duty free refused at Dubai
Once you left the airport, you are generally no longer able to carry your duty free alcohol back through security.
There are situations where you may be allowed transport such liquids through security,...
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French A roads, Spanish E- roads, Dutch E roads and German roads
Yes, there is such a system. The roads marked with a green label and letter E are marked in accordance with this system: E47 on the Denmark map is the European route 47, E1 on the Portugal map is the ...
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How to complete the US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) I94 form when your stay is really short
Since you're in transit, just write "in transit" for the address, and show your connecting flight's ticket if asked.
For what it's worth, this is a common scenario that immigration officers will have ...
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Skip Heathrow flight after passing security
Couple things to add to all of the above answers. First, as pointed out in another answer, it's best to book a flight with the departure time around the same time as you friend's departure time (so as ...
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Can I fly from Malaysia to Singapore airport without a visa, assuming I don't pass immigration and fly straight back?
I think that if you try this, you will be denied boarding at check-in.
There are two reasons for this:
First, airside transit without visa is intended for traveling from one country through the ...
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No transit zone at Linate airport. Couldn't get on connecting flight. Whose responsibility is it?
The cause of your problem is that your route included an internal Schengen flight. This has nothing to do with there being (or not) a transit area in Linate. It is because of your Milan to Rome flight ...
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Do I need a visa to transit between German cities when I have a U.S. visa?
Sorry, you'll need a Schengen visa. The lines you are quoting are about transiting via a single airport ("MUC or FRA", not "and"), meaning you fly in, change planes and fly out without ever entering ...
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Are electronic visas not acceptable for boarding a plane?
Your travel agent is very confused.
Australia has not issued physical visas for several years - everything is electronic. Whilst it was previously possible to request a physical visa in your ...
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May I get off in an intermediate city of my route during transfer?
What you're describing is called "Hidden City Ticketing", where Istanbul is the "hidden" city between the others, but is the one that you're actually planning to travel to.
Hidden City Ticketing is ...
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Transiting through Switzerland by coach with lots of cash
I decided to give my contribution here as I'm often crossing the border between Italy and Switzerland by train and sometimes by bus:
Border inspections both from Swiss and Italians authorities are ...
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Can a connection in Singapore airport be too long?
Changi airport in Singapore is a good place for long stopovers.
The airport is set up for it with an airside hotel, and other great facilities, and stopovers of a whole day are not unheard of.
If ...
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In-Transit Waiting Area in USA Airports?
International sterile transit used to exist about 20 years ago in quite a few US airports. You'll find a few references to it in this thread from 2001 on Flyertalk, though even at the time, it was ...
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How manageable are <15 min connection times in Frankfurt Hbf?
Sort of. In general the Bahn is good at creating schedules and managing connections efficiently. For example when two "busy" trains intersect they often line them up on both sides of a single platform ...
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I, a Russian citizen, was denied a flight from Alicante through London without a transit visa
RyanAir is to blame, as you followed the rules precisely for UK landside transit with an EU residence permit. Unfortunately, passenger recourse against such problems is difficult. You could try to ...
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Can I transfer airside between two international tickets at LAX?
I'm afraid that the answer is, at this time, clearly, resolutely, and absolutely, no.
There are no exceptions for transit to the current travel bans, whatever the duration of transit.
There is no ...
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Can I change planes to transit via the USA, when I am not allowed to enter it for non-essential reasons due to covid restrictions?
The US has never generally disallowed entry by air for non-essential reasons. Only entry by land to the US is limited to essential travel (the current order is here for the Canadian border and here ...
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Will traveling from Athens to Germany with a connection flight in Istanbul cancel my one entry visa to the Schengen area?
Yes. Istanbul is not in the Schengen area, so your flight there from Athens is an "external" flight. To board it, you have to pass through Greek exit controls, at which point your single-entry visa ...
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What happens if an airport is evacuated but a transit passenger doesn't hold a travel document valid for entering the country?
Obviously this is going to differ by country and even by airport.
In the UK, the airport buildings are evacuated onto the runway or taxiway. This a controlled airside area and no one is permitted to ...
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What happens if an airport is evacuated but a transit passenger doesn't hold a travel document valid for entering the country?
Something similar once happened to me. I was transiting Beijing and didn't have a valid Chinese visa (for reference, I'm a US citizen). I had an overnight layover and discovered upon my arrival in ...
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Stuck in New Zealand due to coronavirus
Have they looked at the German Embassy site for New Zealand?
The first link of that page leads to the Covid-19: Informationen für Reisende page that gives details about the present situation.
Have ...
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Does Heathrow Terminal 5 allow transit visa exempt flyers to stay airside overnight?
Do NOT under any circumstance book a flight which has transit at Heathrow Terminal 5 with the connecting flight leaving the following morning if you do not have a visa and you are a citizen of a ...
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Is 1 hr between arrival in Frankfurt and flight departure with Etihad Airways enough?
Is that enough?
No. I strongly recommend against that.
You'll be arriving at "Fernbahnhof" which is pretty far away from the Terminal 1 building and you still need to get to Terminal 2 ...
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