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One single through ticket with TWO stops in China (Beijing, then a domestic flight to Shenzhen)

Hello,

My main question: can we use the 240-hour visa-free transit with ONE single through ticket (one booking) that covers three flights: Almaty to Beijing, Beijing to Shenzhen (domestic), and Shenzhen to Bangkok?

Our setup:
- Passports: one Mexican and one German (both ordinary passports)
- One ticket and one booking on China Southern, Almaty to Bangkok, with all three flights on it:
- Day 1, late night: Almaty to Beijing Daxing (PKX), arriving early morning on day 2
- Day 2: Beijing Daxing to Shenzhen, domestic flight, evening
- Day 3: Shenzhen to Bangkok, afternoon
- About 33 hours in China in total, with one night in Shenzhen. We would enter at Beijing and exit at Shenzhen.
- Dates: late December 2026

My concern is that as we are only booked on one ticket that basically has the destination Almaty to Bangkok that we might not be eligible for the 240H visa but only for the 24H transit one? Would appreciate any help!

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Answered by TravelChinaGuide | Oct. 21, 2026 18:16
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No, you are eligible for the 240h visa free transit policy of which the decisive factor is the international route, not your ticket type. And as a German, you are eligible for the 30-day visa free entry, although it's kind of duration waste for such a short transit. You don't need to worry at all.
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