Do I need to re-check my bags on a flight that connects through China?
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My girlfriend and I just booked airline tickets for an upcoming trip (from the United States) to Thailand. The flight is with China Eastern airlines and has 1 stop in Shanghai. We are going to want to check our bags; however I was reading something online that was rather vague but implied that when traveling through different borders one needs to retrieve their luggage, put it through customs, and then re-check it again. Is that true? When we get to China will we have to re-check our bags, even though our final destination is Thailand? Or was I misinterpreting what I read?
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My girlfriend and I just booked airline tickets for an upcoming trip (from the United States) to Thailand. The flight is with China Eastern airlines and has 1 stop in Shanghai. We are going to want to check our bags; however I was reading something online that was rather vague but implied that when traveling through different borders one needs to retrieve their luggage, put it through customs, and then re-check it again. Is that true? When we get to China will we have to re-check our bags, even though our final destination is Thailand? Or was I misinterpreting what I read?
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My girlfriend and I just booked airline tickets for an upcoming trip (from the United States) to Thailand. The flight is with China Eastern airlines and has 1 stop in Shanghai. We are going to want to check our bags; however I was reading something online that was rather vague but implied that when traveling through different borders one needs to retrieve their luggage, put it through customs, and then re-check it again. Is that true? When we get to China will we have to re-check our bags, even though our final destination is Thailand? Or was I misinterpreting what I read?
customs-and-immigration transit luggage china pvg
edited Aug 13 at 16:41
Nate Eldredge
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asked Aug 13 at 16:22
SoaperGEM
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My girlfriend and I just booked airline tickets for an upcoming trip (from the United States) to Thailand. The flight is with China Eastern airlines and has 1 stop in Shanghai. We are going to want to check our bags; however I was reading something online that was rather vague but implied that when traveling through different borders one needs to retrieve their luggage, put it through customs, and then re-check it again. Is that true? When we get to China will we have to re-check our bags, even though our final destination is Thailand? Or was I misinterpreting what I read?
customs-and-immigration transit luggage china pvg
edited Aug 13 at 16:41
Nate Eldredge
19.4k67399
asked Aug 13 at 16:22
SoaperGEM
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edited Aug 13 at 16:41
Nate Eldredge
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edited Aug 13 at 16:41
Nate Eldredge
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edited Aug 13 at 16:41
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You will be able to through-check your luggage to Thailand. I have travelled China Eastern from Europe through Shanghai to Southeast Asia and my luggage was checked through. You can verify this by controlling your luggage receipts, i.e. they should read both PVG (Shanghai Pudong) and your final destination airport code, e.g. BKK for Bangkok.
What you read might have referred to practice in the U.S. where arriving internationally one needs to re-check one's luggage.
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You will be able to through-check your luggage to Thailand. I have travelled China Eastern from Europe through Shanghai to Southeast Asia and my luggage was checked through. You can verify this by controlling your luggage receipts, i.e. they should read both PVG (Shanghai Pudong) and your final destination airport code, e.g. BKK for Bangkok.
What you read might have referred to practice in the U.S. where arriving internationally one needs to re-check one's luggage.
answered Aug 13 at 17:00
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You will be able to through-check your luggage to Thailand. I have travelled China Eastern from Europe through Shanghai to Southeast Asia and my luggage was checked through. You can verify this by controlling your luggage receipts, i.e. they should read both PVG (Shanghai Pudong) and your final destination airport code, e.g. BKK for Bangkok.
What you read might have referred to practice in the U.S. where arriving internationally one needs to re-check one's luggage.
answered Aug 13 at 17:00
mts
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up vote
3
down vote
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up vote
3
down vote
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You will be able to through-check your luggage to Thailand. I have travelled China Eastern from Europe through Shanghai to Southeast Asia and my luggage was checked through. You can verify this by controlling your luggage receipts, i.e. they should read both PVG (Shanghai Pudong) and your final destination airport code, e.g. BKK for Bangkok.
What you read might have referred to practice in the U.S. where arriving internationally one needs to re-check one's luggage.
answered Aug 13 at 17:00
mts
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You will be able to through-check your luggage to Thailand. I have travelled China Eastern from Europe through Shanghai to Southeast Asia and my luggage was checked through. You can verify this by controlling your luggage receipts, i.e. they should read both PVG (Shanghai Pudong) and your final destination airport code, e.g. BKK for Bangkok.
What you read might have referred to practice in the U.S. where arriving internationally one needs to re-check one's luggage.
answered Aug 13 at 17:00
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answered Aug 13 at 17:00
mts
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answered Aug 13 at 17:00
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