APEC almost bounced in San Fran

pax1a · #1 (**permalink**) 16th July 2006, 03:42 PM

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.

Cheers
Pax

RTWFF · #2 (**permalink**) 7th August 2006, 12:03 AM

I'm afraid the ignorance of Americans about the rest of the world knows no bounds

Damien · #3 (**permalink**) 8th August 2006, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RTWFF

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.

pax1a · #4 (**permalink**) 8th August 2006, 09:28 AM

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)

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Originally Posted by Damien

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.