I have been trying to issue a ticket SIN-SFO-PTY-SCL with a 4h20m layover in the USA. The ticket is not able to price and I have spoken with 3-4 agents. All of them said that the system is not allowing layover of >4 hours in the USA. One of them even insisted that Panama is in the USA.
Is this rule true really what they said? Any recent experiences?
Some time back (2009-2010), I never had any issues with 24 h connections such as SIn-LaX-Mex etc.
I know there is a 4 hour rule but my impression Is that this is for purely domestic itinerary or to Canada, but not in my case.
It's actually very risky to have anything less than 4 hours in the USA considering everybody has to enter immigration customs etc to make any connection even INT-INT
Is this rule true really what they said? Any recent experiences?
Some time back (2009-2010), I never had any issues with 24 h connections such as SIn-LaX-Mex etc.
I know there is a 4 hour rule but my impression Is that this is for purely domestic itinerary or to Canada, but not in my case.
It's actually very risky to have anything less than 4 hours in the USA considering everybody has to enter immigration customs etc to make any connection even INT-INT
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