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Flying abroad from Canada
Any USAers here who have chosen to fly from Canada to Europe? I don't
mean a connecting flight - I mean one originating in Canada. Is it less horrible an experience than the god-awful crap one goes through in the US? If so, I'd be off to Montreal. -- FUB |
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Flying abroad from Canada
On Feb 3, 6:58*pm, wrote:
Any USAers here who have chosen to fly from Canada to Europe? *I don't mean a connecting flight - I mean one originating in Canada. *Is it less horrible an experience than the god-awful crap one goes through in the US? *If so, I'd be off to Montreal. -- FUB Why not use kayak.com and check out the prices. You still have the expense of getting up to Canada. |
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wrote in message ... Any USAers here who have chosen to fly from Canada to Europe? I don't mean a connecting flight - I mean one originating in Canada. Is it less horrible an experience than the god-awful crap one goes through in the US? If so, I'd be off to Montreal. I don't know about flying out, but flying in (much to my surprise) I still got the rude, surely, Immigration Officer who treated my like a criminal just because I had decided to go on holiday in his country (flew into Montreal for a 3 week drive to the Atlantic provinces - like no-one's ever done that before!) tim |
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Flying abroad from Canada
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PeterL wrote: On Feb 3, 6:58=A0pm, wrote: Any USAers here who have chosen to fly from Canada to Europe? =A0I don't mean a connecting flight - I mean one originating in Canada. =A0Is it less horrible an experience than the god-awful crap one goes through in the US? =A0If so, I'd be off to Montreal. Why not use kayak.com and check out the prices. You still have the expense of getting up to Canada. I just did this in Nov-Dec. Kayak gave me a United to Calgary flt. Change to Air Canada. You still have to go thru Immigration. Our luggage was NOT checked through. Then Frankfurt (1st time). Our pilot delayed and chose to have wings deiced which was the main reason for missing my next stage. I did forget a cap on the plane which was a moment (first of 3 lost caps on that trip). No other problems. Coming back I had 2 United flts, the first to DC. This was the day after X-mas. So I heard about the underwear guy who started several hundred miles N of us. I noticed more police with MP-5s in the Airport. Big deal, trains are full of Swiss guys doing their annual 3 weeks service carrying their automatic rifles. We did get an additional sweep at the gate. We didn't have, what was reported (this was United), orders to stay in seats one hour before landing. Customs was OK for me. Long lines for foreigners entering DC (had not yet heard the seriousness of the threat at that time), sorry for them. This Customs guy welcomed me "home" back to the USA. Really. The previously year's vacation I returned via the Twin Cities (I wanted to visit the Babbage Institute). That guy saw I had a second passport in my folder, which he examined, which is my expired (until it needs to be renewed) work passport as a govt. rep. His attitude changed. A phrase will do it. Purpose of travel? (instend of saying "Vacation" or "Holiday", I said Use or lose leave. That gets a smirk. Customs plays a profiling game. All the various countries vary. The last time I was in the UK, they were very nice, really great. My little Swiss Army knife forgot to pack by mistake, was given a small cardboard box, and it appeared at baggage claim in Iceland. Everyone was very accomodating. The US is a bit more paranoid, because it was regarded as a "recent" target in the last decade. The UK/Europe has a history of targeting (I was also in Madrid, Spain after the 250 commuters died in that train station as well as the London bus and train bombings). -- Looking for an H-912 (container). |
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