Flying from San Diego to London, with a stop in SFO. Am I clearing customs in SD or SFO?
Exactly — when you fly from the U.S., your luggage is checked all the way through to your final destination. That means you’ll check everything in San Diego and won’t see it again until you pull it off the baggage carousel at Heathrow (or Gatwick, if that’s where you’re landing!) As for your short stop in San Francisco, you’ll likely just get off the plane, stretch your legs, and get back on to the next plane. Once you get to London, however, you’ll go through Immigration first (walk quickly once you’re off the plane — those lines build up fast and you want to be among the first to get through!), and then into the Baggage Hall, where you’ll pick up your bags from the carousel. After that, it’s a straight walk through the green “Nothing to Declare” channel at Customs — 95% of the time, I’m not stopped, I just walk through — and into the Arrivals Hall, where you’ll be met by whoever’s meeting you (or you can take public transport into London.) On the way back, however, if you’re chan
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