Is 1 hour& 40 minutes enough time to transit at YVR: BA to AS
May 23, 2015, 11:27 am
#1
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Is 1 hour& 40 minutes enough time to transit at YVR: BA to AS
Arrive at 6:40 PM YVR ( BA)
Want to connect to the last AS flight to SEA at 8:30 PM
Enough time? Or should I stay the night at YVR and fly out first thing in the morning?
Thanks
Want to connect to the last AS flight to SEA at 8:30 PM
Enough time? Or should I stay the night at YVR and fly out first thing in the morning?
Thanks
May 23, 2015, 5:40 pm
#2
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Would this be one ticket or two? If it's a single ticket I'd try for it (since you'd be protected on the next flight out the following day) but if it's two separate tickets I think it's too tight - from other threads it looks like you'd have to go through both Canadian and U.S. customs in that time, which seems unlikely to be a successful endeavor.
May 23, 2015, 11:05 pm
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Would this be one ticket or two? If it's a single ticket I'd try for it (since you'd be protected on the next flight out the following day) but if it's two separate tickets I think it's too tight - from other threads it looks like you'd have to go through both Canadian and U.S. customs in that time, which seems unlikely to be a successful endeavor.
If OP tries this on one ticket, he has nothing to lose in the event he misses the last outbound AS flight (although I would avoid this during holidays as subsequent flights may be sold out) since AS would reaccommodate him the following day.
May 23, 2015, 11:21 pm
#7
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It's the time of day. The transit facility to bypass Canadian immigration is open only between 7:30 AM and 6:30 PM, and his flight lands just after that at 6:40.
May 24, 2015, 12:11 am
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For several years I regularly took the BA LHR-YVR flight instead of the SEA one because it gave me some extra time to work in the office in London before heading home. I was rarely able to get this to work. The problem was that you have to clear Canada immigration, grab your bags and recheck up stairs at the Alaska desk. I once got someone at the Alaska baggage desk down in baggage claim to call upstairs and have someone stick around to take my bag, but with checked bags this was generally not doable. With carry on only and NEXUS, it's definitely doable.
May 24, 2015, 7:22 am
#9
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Are you certain about the customs issue? When I arrived at YVR from NRT connecting onward to the US, I followed signs directing me straight to US preclearance area. I did NOT go through Canadian customs.
If OP tries this on one ticket, he has nothing to lose in the event he misses the last outbound AS flight (although I would avoid this during holidays as subsequent flights may be sold out) since AS would reaccommodate him the following day.
If OP tries this on one ticket, he has nothing to lose in the event he misses the last outbound AS flight (although I would avoid this during holidays as subsequent flights may be sold out) since AS would reaccommodate him the following day.
depending the arriving and the departing airline, one might need to clear both customs and exit the secured area with his checked baggage.
May 24, 2015, 8:18 am
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http://www.yvr.ca/en/navigating-YVR/...rough-YVR.aspx
Option 1: For passengers arriving between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. local-time...
Proceed to International Transit Facility
May 24, 2015, 8:58 am
#11
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Thanks all for the replies.
This is on an award ticket BA F from LHR.
I tend to be a nervous traveler and would spend most of the flight from London worrying if I was going to make make my connection based on some of the responses here. I think I would opt to stop in YVR for the night and head to Seattle in the next morning.
This is on an award ticket BA F from LHR.
I tend to be a nervous traveler and would spend most of the flight from London worrying if I was going to make make my connection based on some of the responses here. I think I would opt to stop in YVR for the night and head to Seattle in the next morning.
May 24, 2015, 9:10 am
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Thanks all for the replies.
This is on an award ticket BA F from LHR.
I tend to be a nervous traveler and would spend most of the flight from London worrying if I was going to make make my connection based on some of the responses here. I think I would opt to stop in YVR for the night and head to Seattle in the next morning.
This is on an award ticket BA F from LHR.
I tend to be a nervous traveler and would spend most of the flight from London worrying if I was going to make make my connection based on some of the responses here. I think I would opt to stop in YVR for the night and head to Seattle in the next morning.
May 24, 2015, 9:16 am
#13
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Are you sure about those times? According to:
http://www.yvr.ca/en/navigating-YVR/...rough-YVR.aspx
Option 1: For passengers arriving between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. local-time...
Proceed to International Transit Facility
http://www.yvr.ca/en/navigating-YVR/...rough-YVR.aspx
Option 1: For passengers arriving between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. local-time...
Proceed to International Transit Facility
May 24, 2015, 11:21 am
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