Basic flight procedures for international flights

Basic flight procedures for international flights

Airline fares are generally divided into first class, business class, economy class and economy class. Every cabin is treated differently! I want to share the basic flight procedures of international flights. Welcome to read and browse.

The basic process of boarding an international flight is 1 1. Sign in first. Find the check-in window of your airline, submit your ticket and passport for confirmation, change back to your boarding pass and register in your suitcase. Take valuables with you.

2. Take your passport and registration card, fill out the exit form (declaration form), go through strict border security check, verify at the exit window, and the border guards will stamp your passport and release it.

3. Enter the international terminal, find your flight number and wait (displayed on the boarding pass). If you have time, you can visit duty-free shops and choose duty-free goods.

The loudspeaker announced that Flight * * was boarding. You can board the plane.

On the way to the plane, the stewardess will give everyone an entry information registration card, and you should fill in the information such as name, passport number, flight number, purpose and address. Customs declaration information, truthfully fill in.

6. When you get off the plane, first go to the border entrance of the airport (you follow the passengers on the plane), give your passport and boarding pass to the border for entry verification, ask some simple questions, and the official will stamp your passport to allow entry.

7. Go and get your checked baggage (remember your flight number and check which baggage carousel you are waiting at). Then they go through the airport customs. They sometimes check their luggage. After that, go out of the international arrival hall, step into a foreign land and start your trip to a foreign country.

Flight reminder

Tips 1。 check luggage

Generally speaking, each person in economy class of international flights can check two pieces of luggage, each of which does not exceed 23kg, and the sum of the length, width and height of the luggage does not exceed 157cm. You can also carry hand luggage and personal belongings (such as a briefcase).

If you are accidentally overweight, don't pay the overweight fee in a hurry. Open the box and dump everything in the heavy box into the light box or carry it on your back. It is very important to lay the packing belt well and deal with the shock and moisture of fragile valuables. The box cannot be locked. Don't use a combination lock or a small iron lock made in China, which is convenient for border inspectors to open the box when they pass through customs.

Take care of the luggage receipt and write enough personal information on the box. Boxes are usually labeled when they are checked in, and you will also get a baggage receipt. Keep this receipt in case the box is lost or the luggage arrives later than others. So it is suggested to put a label on the box, indicating your name, address in the United States, contact number and so on.

It is strongly recommended to make some obvious marks on the outside of the box. Stick a lot of exaggerated stickers on the box to prevent people who are not used to reading the box labels carefully from taking your box by mistake. The chances of two similar boxes appearing on an international flight with more than 400 people are much greater than you think. You can be reliable, others may not be reliable.

Tip 2. personal luggage

Carry-on luggage is not limited in weight or size. In other words, carry-on luggage is a good choice for carrying dense articles, provided that you can move it and everyone can do what they can. The size is limited, and the sum of length, width and height cannot exceed 1 15cm. Generally, you can take two pieces of carry-on luggage: a box and a bag. Passengers can take one box with them and add a notebook/notebook bag (notebooks and computers are not allowed to be checked! ! )

You can't take more than 100ml of liquid in your carry-on box, but you can take more than one bottle. Carry-on passport, I-20 certificate, air ticket, contact address and telephone number in the United States, pen, 30- 100 USD in cash, international credit card, personal items (wet wipes, slippers, eye mask, earplug U-shaped pillow), etc.

You can take food on the plane. To emphasize, carry-on luggage can carry solid food, so students who are not used to western food or are prone to hunger can consider bringing some food aboard. There is no limit to the types you can bring, but if you don't finish eating before entering the United States, the rest of the food will also pass the customs inspection-that is, if you want to bring meat and other food on the plane, you can eat it before getting off the plane.

Tip 3. Boarding procedure

It's still early to fly. It is suggested that international flights must arrive at the airport 3 hours in advance. At present, international flights are basically electronic tickets. Students are advised to register an account on the airline's website before departure to get a frequent flyer travel number to accumulate mileage, and then fill in your contact information, address and phone number on the website, so that the airline will call you if the flight has a temporary departure time/boarding gate change.

Wear comfortable clothes. In view of the fact that it takes at least 13 hours to fly from China to the United States, and the space on the plane is very narrow, it is recommended to wear loose and comfortable clothes, so it is not easy to feel uncomfortable. Socks and slippers+loose trousers+short sleeves+long coats are appropriate. It is recommended that girls take painkillers when flying near the physiological period.

Carry important information with you for easy inquiry. Before going to the airport, type out the e-ticket and take it with you, so that you have an organic ticket number and reservation number, and it is also convenient for you to inquire about the departure time, arrival time, connecting airport and the departure time of the next connecting flight. You can go directly to the boarding gate after passing the security check. Everyone can sit at the boarding gate and wait for boarding.

Customs declaration form. It is generally more appropriate to fill in the customs examination report truthfully. My personal practice has always been that no matter what I bring, I only fill in "candy" or "cookies" when filling out the form, so it is less easy to be checked. The declared cash amount needs to be controlled within 10000 USD.

Tip 5. transfer

In the United States, there should be four hours between the two flights. If you transfer at an international airport outside the United States, such as passing through South Korea or Japan, you don't need to pick up your checked baggage, because your destination is the United States/China, not the transfer country. You only need to stay in the limited area of the airport, and you don't need to go through customs. Your luggage will be checked automatically on the next flight.

But once you enter a place, you need to pick up your checked baggage. For example, if you fly from China to the United States, stop in Japan, then stop in Chicago, and the final destination is Detroit, then you just transit in Japan and don't need to pick up your luggage. When you arrive in Chicago, you have to pick up your luggage and check it again.

Enter the customs. After the previous plane landed, it had to enter the customs first. There are two channels to enter the customs, namely American citizens and visitors. Obviously, we are tourists and take the tourist passage. Then prepare the I-20/ invitation letter, the completed I-94, passport and other documents, go through customs, take photos by fingerprints and so on. You can't use your mobile phone when you enter the customs. Don't make a phone call or send a text message. The staff of the General Administration of Customs will simply ask you a few questions, including "the purpose of your visit to the United States." "Did you bring food to America?" And so on, don't panic, simply answer.

Get the luggage. After entering the customs, follow the baggage claim sign. When there are many conveyor belts, you can start looking for a turntable with your own flight number to claim your baggage. If you have more luggage, you can push a cart in advance.

Check your luggage first, then go out.

After passing through the customs, you should be able to see the place where you can check your luggage again. There should be a door ahead. At this time, check the luggage before going out, because the door is generally one-way, and you can't get in when you go out. Wan Yi went out with the luggage that should be checked, so he had to go to the check-in counter at the airport to check the luggage again, and he had to pay the check-in fee himself.

Find the latest boarding gate information on the information screen. After the consignment is completed, if there is still about an hour, you can relax a little. Next, first, according to your airline and flight number, look for the latest terminal and boarding gate information on the information screen of the airport. The boarding pass often doesn't write the boarding gate, and the boarding gate information often changes. It is best to look at the information screen to confirm the latest boarding gate information), then follow the instructions of the airport to find the terminal building, go through security check, and then find the boarding gate.

If you miss the plane, don't be afraid. If you miss the next flight because the last flight was late, or because the customs made things difficult for you, or because you didn't find the boarding gate in time, don't panic, contact the airline staff in time, and they will try their best to arrange you on the next flight with the nearest time (since the airline has sold you a connecting ticket, it is obliged to leave you enough time for your connecting flight).

Tip 6. arrive at the destination

Finally arrived at the destination! Having said that, it is actually a sentence: follow the instructions, ask if you don't understand. Everything written here is just a precaution. In fact, the journey is usually smooth and pleasant.

Basic flow of international flight 2 1. Customs safe passage inspection

You need to check whether your luggage needs to be declared. If you have baggage declaration, please take the red channel. If not, please take the green channel.

2. Boarding pass in baggage check-in and redemption area

Change boarding passes at the designated window counter or print boarding passes in front of the boarding pass self-service printer. If you want to check your luggage, you need to check it at the designated check-in port.

3. Go through the health and quarantine formalities

Passengers who need to go abroad for more than one year need to provide valid health certificates, and they need to be vaccinated if they go to epidemic areas.

4. Border inspection

Passengers are required to provide valid certificates, passports, exit registration cards, visas for going abroad (visa-free countries can apply for landing visa) and certificates for going abroad issued by relevant departments.

5. Security check

Need to show valid identity documents, air tickets, boarding passes, airport construction fees, etc. You need to go through the metal detection door, X-ray scan your luggage, and if necessary, you will do some unpacking inspection.

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