From: "Mark" 

Makes sense to me, if they don't want to cooperate with the demands of the
U.S. for information about those traveling here (locked in a transit box or
not), then making alternate stopovers avoiding the U.S. is a no-brainer.


"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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> In article , "Dave Ings"
 wrote:
>>In case you missed this ... interesting development:
>>
>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,1786002,00.html
>
> Air New Zealand are introducing a new 2-hop route to the UK, using Hong
> Kong
> as the stopover instead of LAX. This is in response to travellers'
> complaints about increased hassles and delays when transiting via LAX.
> (You aren't entering the USA, you spend the stopover locked in a transit
> lounge, why do you have to pass though US immigration?)
>
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