Thread: AA NON-REV Travel from USA to Bangkok and Pnom Penh via Hong Kong Questions

spongblue is correct, no visa needed for HKG or BKK but you will need a visa for Cambodia. Looks like you can apply for one online. As a backup to the HKG flight in case it turns red either going or coming or if F or J fill up, you might want to consider the two NRT flights and then either buying a ticket to get to and/or from BKK by nonrevving on JL, TG, DL or NH. Good thing about NRT is that you will have two other options to get back in addition to DFW in case the HKG flight looks dicey - LAX & ORD. If the HKG flight looks good, you can nonrev on CX or TG to/from BKK if you end up not buying a ticket but you then risk getting stuck in HKG. If you don't get on the HKG flight out of DFW, then you're out the confirmed ticket. Decisions decisions! Take a look at myidtravel on jetnet to see your options for travel on other airlines. It's much easier now not having to go to the airport to purchase paper zed tickets.

I've never nonrevved out of HKG. Some int'l airports like LHR give you a priority verification card which gets you thru security and immigration and then a boarding pass is issued at the gate. Other airports make you wait at the ticket counter until check-in closes then issue a BP. You then have to make a mad dash to the gate.

For your return flight, save your boarding pass from your BKK flight and show it to the AA agent in HKG (or NRT). This will put you at the top of the list assuming you're the first to do OLCI as you will be listed as a D1T.

Hope this helps. Good luck!