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A word of warning for all those flying Delta to Joberg and beyond. Delta told us our bags would be checked through Joberg to PE. RSA regs require that ammo be checked separately from your luggage. Also your luggage must be checked by coustoms in Joberg. Delta was either unaware of this reg or thought it did not matter. To make a long story much shorter our luggage with all the ammo was stuck in Joberg. Somehow and I do not understand all the machinations. Our luggage was sent to PE without going through coustoms and with my ammo still in the suitcase. Michelle KMG's Wonder Woman had to go to PE and with some kind of letter/permission slip she managed to rescue our luggage and ammo. Meanwhile I had to buy a change of clothes and find some 30/06 ammo that my old Ruger liked.everything worked out in the end, but DO NOT believe airline personnel when it comes to the vagarities of African travel. RSA coustoms never did inspect our inbound luggage. Jerry Hoover | ||
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Sorry about your issues with Delta. I've been given bad instructions by every airline I've flown at one time or another. That said, I am unaware of any country where the first port of entry is not where you go through the customs/SAPS-like process. To my simple mind, Delta's misinformation is another reason to use a gun permit meet/greet service. Below is a post (with somewhat of a) warning of the SAPS requirement on domestic flights through JNB:
JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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I second the use of meet and greet. We used Africa Sky and made it through SAPS easily. We did not become aware of the luggage problem until we arrived in PE. Michelle as stated earlier was able to retrieve our luggage without it ever going through RSA customs. I don't understand,but I got my luggage and my ammo without further delay. Jerry Hoover | |||
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I use the meet and greet religiously nowadays. However, I also have with me a printout (recent) of the airline's baggage regulations on firearms and ammo, along with those of TSA. This practice has come in handy on both sides of the pond in dealing with airline personnel who have limited experience with traveling hunters. Meet and greet - yes. Meet and greet and airline regs in hand - yes PLUS !! | |||
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After 11 trips, I always use meet and greet - no matter what. It also helps to have a good travel agent book your flights that knows Africa. | |||
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JudgeG: That said, I am unaware of any country where the first port of entry is not where you go through the customs/SAPS-like process. [QUOTE] I assume you mean when exiting the transient area of the airport? I've never had to go through customs (albeit I wasn't carrying firearms) when spending a few hours in another country, while waiting a connection to a third country. Once in Japan, we had to go through Immigration and get a temp visa, because we missed our connecting flight and had to be bused to another airport for a new flight. As I recall we did not go through customs. The checked baggage was just loaded directly on the bus by airline employees and then reloaded on the new flight without having to be re-checked in. BH63 As for Jo'burg, I will be using Afton House on my Sept trip though. Hunting buff is better than sex! | |||
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