Quote Originally Posted by eddie View Post
uuummm? not sure what to tell you......BUT the airlines make numerous announcements on NON domestic flights arriving into the USA that say you MUST clear USA customs WITH your bags. no matter what.

now you know. the check in person should know that as well.......

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Hi George - yes, you are correct. However, I travel through LAX regularly and in all these years it was the first time I'd been told by Qantas that my bags were checked through. She was adamant and I assumed that Qantas and Air Canada had made some kind of agreement with the TSA, and when you seem to spend half your life buzzing around in aircraft, after a while you tend to listen less closely to announcements.

I'll know better next time!

Cheers,
David