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By no stretch of the imagination is this Emirates fault. One should do due diligence whenever traveling. Especially with guns. | |||
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PORT OF EXIT: CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT There is nothing I can do. Even the local DFO told me: It‘s your rifle, we are unable to assist. | |||
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I book 4hr layovers... | |||
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Every time I have flown internationally with a firearm I have had to pick it up at the airport of entry and recheck it for additional flights within that country, to include the US. "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". | |||
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That makes sense. However Emirates booked my AirLink flight to Cape Town without considering that I have to clear the rifle in Johannesburg. Because Emirates had given me permission to take the rifle along, I was under the impression in this case I would get the rifle in Cape Town. Would I have cleared the rifle in Jo’burg I would have missed the flight to Cape Town plus the shuttle to the final destination | |||
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With all the hassle we see reported here about going through Johannesburg, it really was your job to see what is the best options for you. Emirates has no control over what other airlines do. | |||
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It had nothing to do with "other airlines". There was hardly time to get onto the new flight after landing. I just reached the connection flight in time. Clearly Emirates should have booked a later flight for me - and obviously I should have noticed that something isn’t right… | |||
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One of Us |
I try for a minimum of 3 hours at a port of entry airport. That has been sufficient for most foreign airports but not necessarily in the US, especially if you're in the International terminal and your departing flight is at the other end of the airport. Had a really bad time in Houston last time on a flight arriving from New Zealand. Had to claim baggage and rifle at separate locations, open the gun in Customs, open it again when rechecking at the United ticket counter for the flight home, but not at TSA. Made my gate as the plane was loading and got a call from TSA. They wanted me to come back to ticketing and open the case for them but I decided "screw them" and left on my flight. Of course the gun didn't make the flight but it did arrive the next day and I had to go back to the airport and pick it up. BUT a much smaller airport so it was in and out pretty quickly. "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". | |||
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3 hours at port of entry ino the USA? If you are arriving from New Zealand as a non-citizen at LAX you wont even get out of immigration in 3 hours and that's before you hit customs. We had 6 hours to catch a flight to Canada for the Calgary Stampede and only just made the flight! Saeed hates Heathrow but LAX is in a class of it's own! | |||
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US citizen. I've also entered through LAX and that's why I went through Houston the last time. Not much better really. Long lines and government employees going nowhere. Arriving in Auckland wasn't too bad. "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". | |||
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The airline always books the earliest flight available. They don't take into consideration that you have rifles which require you to have time to sort out. It clearly shows you, or your booking agent, who should have thought of this. Blaming others for your own mistake isn't going to help. | |||
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