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Do you have a citation for that? Because all the Kiwis I know have to get ESTAs when they go through LAX. Here's Air NewZealand's page which says you need an
by zimpenfish 6y ago
Do you have a citation for that? Because all the Kiwis I know have to get ESTAs when they go through LAX.
Here's Air NewZealand's page which says you need an ESTA to go through LAX: https://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/flights-to-auckland https://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/flights-to-auckland
"All passengers that travel via Los Angeles International Airport, must be travelling on their own machine readable passports and complete the ESTA online form at least 72 hours prior to departure from the UK."
They also link to https://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/us-entry-and-transit-requirements https://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/us-entry-and-transit-require... which is fairly clear to me that you're going through US security and customs.
- gwbas1c 6y agoWhen you read the page about connecting in LA, it's very clear that you do not go through customs.
- zimpenfish 6y agohttps://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/connecting-at-los-angeles https://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/connecting-at-los-angeles * Changing aircraft (NZ1 - NZ5 & NZ6 - NZ2) - Clear customs * Connecting from Air New Zealand to another airline - Clear customs * Connecting from an international flight - Clear customs The only one that doesn't specifically say "Clear customs" is: * Continuing on the same aircraft (NZ1 & NZ2) That does say "directed by ground staff to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing" but apparently the luggage does stay on the plane. (Although this route disappears in a month because almost no-one uses it, "<7% in 2018".) I concede that <7% of passengers from LHR to AKL won't need to specifically go through customs with their luggage.