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Trip report: ORD->YYZ->TLV, Air canada
Easy check-in for AC814. Bags were each about 69 pounds and I got the feeling
from the agent that it wouldn't have bothered him if it was over. No hassle over my carry-ons either. Flight was about 65% full. Transfer pains at YYZ. Looks like Canada has copied the US requirement of requiring immigration and customs to transfer between international flights. The bright side was that I did not have to screw around with my luggage. But I did have to clear customs in T2, take a bus to T1, and from there take a bus to another T1 terminal. No special security for TLV flights. Plenty of electrical outlets in YYZ. My 4.5 year old laptop started having troubles while I was in the US, so I purchased a replacement - and because carry-on rules are now a bag and a personal item aka laptop rather than two bags, I did not pay a premium to get a tiny machine. It is difficult using a 15" screen when the passenger in front of you is reclining. Oh, well. Flight arrived slightly early, and appeared to be the only arrival at BenGurion. No lines, so I went thru regular immigration rather than the card bypass. About 35 minutes for bags. One had a TSA examination note, but despite that nothing appeared to be stolen. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. |
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Binyamin Dissen posted: Transfer pains at YYZ. Looks like Canada has copied the US requirement of requiring immigration and customs to transfer between international flights. The bright side was that I did not have to screw around with my luggage. But I did have to clear customs in T2, take a bus to T1, and from there take a bus to another T1 terminal. Canada never had transfers between international flights without going through Immigration and Customs. Partly because there are few passengers who interchange between full international flights (as opposed to the special international flights to the USA) and partly because of the layout of the airports. In fact YYZ has become worse for international flights with the opening of the 'marvellous' new terminal and the need to use buses to access the satellite terminal. -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Harry Dodsworth wrote:
Canada never had transfers between international flights without going through Immigration and Customs. What about Vancouver ? I was under the impression that pax arriving from USA could just transfer to an outhound international flight, bypassing canadian customs/immigration ? And on the inbound, passengers could transfer from an intl flight to a US flight with only the US customs/immigration (bypassing canadian customs/immigration). With the death of the CP-AA partnership though, I suspect that these capabilities have become little used in Vancouver. Toronto is supposed to eventually get this working once T-new is complete and has sufficient capacity to put both intl and transborder flights in the same terminal. |
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Binyamin Dissen wrote:
I do remember going thru Montreal (some years ago) and not having to clear immigration or customs. Impossible, unless it might have been at Mirabel. Dorval has no physical access between international arrivals and USA departures. And upon arriving from the USA, your flight would likely have been at a USA gate and this joins up with the intl "system" only at the luggage hall where you can't escape customs/immigration. |
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"nobody" schreef in bericht ... What about Vancouver ? I was under the impression that pax arriving from USA could just transfer to an outhound international flight, bypassing canadian customs/immigration ? I think so too. And also in the other direction. When I arrived at YVR on a flight from FRA, there was a sign before reaching Canadian immigration leading to "US departures". I was under the impression that if a passenger connects to a US flight he could by-pass Canadian immigration / customs. Sjoerd |
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"nobody" schreef in bericht ... What about Vancouver ? I was under the impression that pax arriving from USA could just transfer to an outhound international flight, bypassing canadian customs/immigration ? I think so too. And also in the other direction. When I arrived at YVR on a flight from FRA, there was a sign before reaching Canadian immigration leading to "US departures". I was under the impression that if a passenger connects to a US flight he could by-pass Canadian immigration / customs. Sjoerd |
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Canada never had transfers between international flights without going
through Immigration and Customs. They used to have this at YVR. In fact, one of the marketing points of the "new" YVR when it was built in the mid-to-late 1990s was that you could fly from the USA and then xfer to an international flight without having to go through customs and immigration. For example, if you flew in from the USA they used to have signs that directed you to "tranfer to international." However, all these signs are now gone. Cheers, Geoff Glave Vancouver, Canada |
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When I arrived at YVR on a
flight from FRA, there was a sign before reaching Canadian immigration leading to "US departures". I was under the impression that if a passenger connects to a US flight he could by-pass Canadian immigration / customs. Flights from YVR to the US are pre-cleared at YVR by US immigration officers rather than at the destination. So even for the most bureacratic scenario it would be a little silly to clear Canadian immigration and then 50 yards further on clear US immigration. Kind Regards, Howard |
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