I'm afraid the ignorance of Americans about the rest of the world knows no bounds
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Just FYI.
Couple weeks ago I was traveling from San Fran to Beijing.
My APEC is cleared for CHN, and I have used it about 4 times to enter China without visa. When flying out of San Fran, check-in were refusing to check me in because of no Chinese Visa, and naturally they had never heard of the APEC card.
I was flying Air-China, but the check-in looked like it was manned with generic ground staff.
They were searching books, calling people, 2 Managers and about 45 minutes latter, begrudgingly they checked me in.
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I'm afraid the ignorance of Americans about the rest of the world knows no bounds
Though they deserve a lot of criticism in some areas, I don't believe this is one of them. As the LOTFAP does not participate in APEC, it's unreasonable to expect all counter staff there to know about it.Originally Posted by RTWFF
I think it's poor staff training. It they are flying to a destination then they have an obligation to understand what that countries visa requirements are. It makes no difference if they are an APEC country or not. I now have a copy of the APEC when page which say "no visa required" which I take with me. (not that I think it will help)
Originally Posted by Damien
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