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Old Mar 1, 2001, 6:40 pm
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MoreMiles
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Kingston, Ont, the limestone city
Posts: 975
They want to see your ticket to see if you acutally left Canada on the date you wrote. They want to caculate your allowance... if you only have a couple of days, then it's very easy to search for items over the limit (ie, $200 I think).

As your profession... it's a standard socially acceptable question. Sometimes for no reason... other to test how confident you answer your questions. If they have doubt in you, then you get sent for secondary.

The code R-xx changes daily... no way to know. Because if you do know, you can switch luggages before reaching the exit with your relatives and friends... then you will bypass the search.
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