LAX-EWR-TLV Do I Have To Recheck My Bags In EWR?

[Emkay]

What is that?

They usually sit you down and ask you a bunch of security questions and give you an enhanced frisk. They may make you sign a form giving them permission to access your social Security records. I have done this more than once just to try it

[ilherman]

You can't get a BP online on international flights?

[Dan]

Now that makes sense. But sillypainter claimed that its just a secondary screening.

All international flights require a passport at boarding, you fly international twice a year and have never noticed?

TLV is special in that it also has secondary screening.

[Dan]

You can't get a BP online on international flights?

Not unless you have swiped your passport previously.

Now seriously, who hacked your account today?

[Yaalili]

Now seriously, who hacked your account today?

Lol

[ilherman]

All international flights require a passport at boarding, you fly international twice a year and have never noticed?

TLV is special in that it also has secondary screening.

I noted that right here

 http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=45261.msg922554#msg922554

But it sounded from Sillypainter that its all about screening for security, nothing to do with the government. So I thought maybe the passport is not always required.

[ilherman]

All international flights require a passport at boarding,

Why did I have to wait 4 pages to get this simple, stupid answer to my simple, stupid question?

[HolyNyc]

How about security? How do they know that I am not fleeing the country?

All international flights require a passport at boarding, you fly international twice a year and have never noticed?

answered in this case with UA but what if someone is flying AA lax-JFK and LY JFK-TLV where will they ask all those SILLY questions? (Who packed your bags, do you have weapons, are you taking packages etc.)  

[Dan]

Why did I have to wait 4 pages to get this simple, stupid answer to my simple, stupid question?

If you fly to Israel and Europe once a year that should be pretty obvious...nor was it it your original question.
Most other countries have outbound immigration. Happens to be we don't.
Passport check at the gate is so that the airlines don't have to pay fines and transport you back if the other country rejects you for not having a passport or valid visa.

[chucksterace]

answered in this case with UA but what if someone is flying AA lax-JFK and LY JFK-TLV where will they ask all those SILLY questions? (Who packed your bags, do you have weapons, are you taking packages etc.)  

At the gate before they let you board

[ilherman]

If you fly to Israel and Europe once a year that should be pretty obvious...nor was it it your original question.
Most other countries have outbound immigration. Happens to be we don't.
Passport check at the gate is so that the airlines don't have to pay fines and transport you back if the other country rejects you for not having a passport or valid visa.

My original question was how do they know if someone is not fleeing the country IF he can check in at LAX with a CC. The answer: They will check your passport BEFORE you board the flight in EWR. But still, you claim that the airline checks if I have a valid passport, to make sure I can enter the country I am flying to, okay, but don't they ALSO check it to make sure that the people who didn't go through regular security, are not fleeing the country?

And BTW my Dibuk is on the way out

[Joe4007]

They usually sit you down and ask you a bunch of security questions and give you an enhanced frisk. They may make you sign a form giving them permission to access your social Security records. I have done this more than once just to try it

Hard pull?

[sillypainter]

My original question was how do they know if someone is not fleeing the country IF he can check in at LAX with a CC. The answer: They will check your passport BEFORE you board the flight in EWR. But still, you claim that the airline checks if I have a valid passport, to make sure I can enter the country I am flying to, okay, but don't they ALSO check it to make sure that the people who didn't go through regular security, are not fleeing the country?

And BTW my Dibuk is on the way out

You're mixing up security with border protection.

-TSA (which we all call security) is here to ensure there are no bombs on the flight, and they want to ID you to see that you are actually the person that says on the boarding pass.

-US border patrol is here to ensure that nobody enters the country illegally. They can't hold up anybody that wants to "flee" the country, it's a free country and anybody can do what they want (at least in theory). The truth is that the USA government gets a passenger manifest from every airline, so they can always know who is actually leaving the country if they want to stop that person.

-The airlines check passports to ensure that they don't have to bring you back home if your documents are not in check. Airlines are fined if they bring passengers that can't enter the country + they need to make sure the passenger flies back, which makes the airlines checking your passports and visas (if required).

I hope this clarifies it all.