Southwest Leaving Cozumel

[ReefHound]

I'm not sure what the rules are; that's why I ask. As I said, I have returned from Cozumel through Hobby on SWA but I don't remember how it worked.

When we flew through Amsterdam to Warsaw our bags were checked all the way to our final destination. That was nice.

This site and several others all say the same thing.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re terminating your travel at that point, connecting domestically, or connecting internationally. All passengers have to clear immigration and customs at their first point of entry in the United States.

The United States is one of the only countries that doesn’t offer sterile international transit, which can be quite frustrating. In other words, even if you’re merely connecting in the United States between two international flights (like flying from Sao Paulo to New York to London) you still have to clear United States immigration, which means you’ll need a visa even for transit.

Clearing Immigration At US Airports: How It Works

Flying internationally to the United States? Here's what you should know about clearing immigration, checking bags, connecting flights, etc.

onemileatatime.com

 

[gopbroek]

Perhaps because you haven't cleared TSA screening until it is performed by TSA or US government sanctioned controlled security screening? Granted foreign screening is probably safer but I believe that's the mindset.
Before someone brings up Canada it's a special program with US government controlled customs and immigration and I believe oversight on screening, on Canadian soil which allows the flights to become 'domestic'.

 

[k4kafka]

Can we get back to discussing the original subject,and stop with the US customs regulations ?

 

[ggunn]

Can we get back to discussing the original subject,and stop with the US customs regulations ?

What is left to discuss? The facts all came out much earlier; what we have been discussing lately are the differences (or lack of them) between flying SWA to Cozumel through Hobby vs flying other airlines through IAH, which I will be doing when SWA stops flying to Cozumel. Discussions drift; if you have more questions about SWA Leaving Cozumel, ask away.

 

[SwampTiger90]

Can we get back to discussing the original subject,and stop with the US customs regulations ?

My add to the discussion: Booooooooo

 

[k4kafka]

Fewer flights might speed up the arrival process at Cozumel. Book your flights now before price$ increa$e. Which is what I did the day Southwest announced this.

 

[gopbroek]

Fewer flights might speed up the arrival process at Cozumel. Book your flights now before price$ increa$e. Which is what I did the day Southwest announced this.

rebooking is easy
www.aa.com

 

[DeltaWardog]

Suit yourself, but what is so different about United and Delta that would make you decide to do the bag drag from Cancun rather than flying direct into Cozumel? It would have to be a whole lot worse to get me to do it; I did the bag drag once or twice and I hated it, especially on the way home.

They have both screwed me over multiple times. Delta's staff has played nasty games with me more than once, like having to unpack my carry-on at the gate for an international flight, on the floor, at 1am, and take some things out (which I immediately put back in the bag when I got on the plane). I had just come off off another Delta flight with that same carry-on. There was no issue with my luggage fitting in the compartment. It also fit in their little sizing thing but it didn't "drop into it" without a little push (and no I didn't have to cram it in there) so the lady decided to be a bitch. It was purely malicious.

United is just a ****** company and they really don't give a crap about any passengers without status.

The only time I've had anything stolen out of my luggage was when I checked my bag for another carrier's flight, and somebody changed the tag to a United tag so it would go to their area, where it got 'lost' and coincidentally United's luggage area doesn't have security cameras. Maybe their fault, maybe not.

I also had an inside view to United Airlines IT department for many, many years when I worked at a service provider that had tight integration with their on-premises systems. What I saw in that decade would make anyone nervous.

It's also a staffing thing. United and Delta staff always seem to be pissed off. Southwest staff were generally in a good mood and would laugh and joke with passengers more often than not.

It's not going to stop me going to Cozumel, even if those are my only two options. But I'm still going to bitch about it.

 

[gopbroek]

Fewer flights might speed up the arrival process at Cozumel. Book your flights now before price$ increa$e. Which is what I did the day Southwest announced this.

Don't think so. The airport and immigration will just staff less folks.

 

[ggunn]

They have both screwed me over multiple times. Delta's staff has played nasty games with me more than once, like having to unpack my carry-on at the gate for an international flight, on the floor, at 1am, and take some things out (which I immediately put back in the bag when I got on the plane). I had just come off off another Delta flight with that same carry-on. There was no issue with my luggage fitting in the compartment. It also fit in their little sizing thing but it didn't "drop into it" without a little push (and no I didn't have to cram it in there) so the lady decided to be a bitch. It was purely malicious.

United is just a ****** company and they really don't give a crap about any passengers without status.

The only time I've had anything stolen out of my luggage was when I checked my bag for another carrier's flight, and somebody changed the tag to a United tag so it would go to their area, where it got 'lost' and coincidentally United's luggage area doesn't have security cameras. Maybe their fault, maybe not.

I also had an inside view to United Airlines IT department for many, many years when I worked at a service provider that had tight integration with their on-premises systems. What I saw in that decade would make anyone nervous.

It's also a staffing thing. United and Delta staff always seem to be pissed off. Southwest staff were generally in a good mood and would laugh and joke with passengers more often than not.

It's not going to stop me going to Cozumel, even if those are my only two options. But I'm still going to bitch about it.

Delta and United obviously have it in for you; what did you do to piss them off?