No ETA for Canada - BA flight
Jun 27, 2017, 1:49 pm
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No ETA for Canada - BA flight
No ETA approval and due to fly to Canada imminently.
Booked BA Amex reward flight 241 - Am I right in thinking I can cancel up to 24 hours before flight and get Points, voucher and taxes back minus £35 fee per person.
Only other option I can think of is trying to change outbound flight to USA then travelling by train into Canada as seems you only need an ETA if you are flying in.
Have tried sending enquiry to ICC but get a pretty standard generated response back saying in queue to be assessed don't make any travel arrangements - I did put travel date in original application but this seems to have no baring on how quickly they look at it.
Booked BA Amex reward flight 241 - Am I right in thinking I can cancel up to 24 hours before flight and get Points, voucher and taxes back minus £35 fee per person.
Only other option I can think of is trying to change outbound flight to USA then travelling by train into Canada as seems you only need an ETA if you are flying in.
Have tried sending enquiry to ICC but get a pretty standard generated response back saying in queue to be assessed don't make any travel arrangements - I did put travel date in original application but this seems to have no baring on how quickly they look at it.
Jun 27, 2017, 8:36 pm
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Just before canceling confirm with an agent that your the total avios being return and how much you will get back after fees. I got burned once but that was on a domestic BA ticket.
Do you qualify for or have an ESTA? What part of Canada are you trying to get to as some are good by train and others are a long long long ride with hours spent at the border.
Do you qualify for or have an ESTA? What part of Canada are you trying to get to as some are good by train and others are a long long long ride with hours spent at the border.
Jun 28, 2017, 12:58 am
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Just before canceling confirm with an agent that your the total avios being return and how much you will get back after fees. I got burned once but that was on a domestic BA ticket.
Do you qualify for or have an ESTA? What part of Canada are you trying to get to as some are good by train and others are a long long long ride with hours spent at the border.
Do you qualify for or have an ESTA? What part of Canada are you trying to get to as some are good by train and others are a long long long ride with hours spent at the border.
Jun 28, 2017, 1:35 am
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Jun 29, 2017, 1:41 am
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Please follow the redirect as we send this to the BA forum, since this is involving a BA issued award ticket.
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Jun 29, 2017, 2:23 am
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One solution is to go to Minneapoils and there is a bus that takes you to Winnipeg from there. (About 4 hours).
another could also be to fly to Buffalo/Seattle, cross the border there and take a domestic flight, however both of those borders are busy but they have Canadian airports near.
If you have any questions about the area or getting there feel free to pm me, I know it quite well
Jun 29, 2017, 2:24 am
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Jun 29, 2017, 3:34 am
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Seems you are right, with only 2 noticeable exceptions (which are probably not the case here)
"Travellers whose planes refuel in Canada going to and from the United States,, do not need to have an eTA or a visa to transit Canada" or if you are from a TWOV (Transit without visa) country
source : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcen....asp?qnum=1092
"Travellers whose planes refuel in Canada going to and from the United States,, do not need to have an eTA or a visa to transit Canada" or if you are from a TWOV (Transit without visa) country
source : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcen....asp?qnum=1092
Last edited by englisha; Jun 29, 2017 at 3:40 am
Jun 29, 2017, 10:33 am
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Jun 29, 2017, 10:48 am
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I have read stories about a new rule that where a person is a permanent resident of Canada, they can no longer apply for an ETA as a tourist and many have shown up and tried to do an on the spot ETA and then find out they are a PR and must show their PR card and some don't have it and have relinquished PR on the spot.
http://vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...migrant-status
http://vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...migrant-status
Jun 29, 2017, 10:55 am
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