Time required to exit YYZ (from PHL-YYZ flight) Saturday morning?
Sep 5, 2014, 10:48 pm
#1
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Time required to exit YYZ (from PHL-YYZ flight) Saturday morning?
If I take the US PHL-YYZ flight tomorrow (Saturday) morning that arrives at 11:01am, how long will it take me to exit YYZ and get in a taxi? I will have one checked bag (with a Priority tag) that I will have to retrieve from the baggage claim. I am a U.S. citizen.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Sep 6, 2014, 4:19 am
#2
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It's an unusually long walk from the gate to immigration ... but other than that, things should be pretty empty and quick.
Sep 6, 2014, 5:22 am
#3
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Don't you still clear US immigration/customs in Canada? At least that is how it used to work when US flew from the big Air Canada / Star Alliance terminal.
Sep 6, 2014, 5:56 am
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Sep 6, 2014, 1:29 pm
#5
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My recollection is that you clear Canadian immigration on PHL-YYZ in YYZ and that you clear US immigration YYZ-PHL in YYZ as well.
Sep 6, 2014, 2:58 pm
#6
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As for my experience PHL-YYZ today, the line at Immigration was pretty long -- yet moved OK. My checked bags were waiting for me when I arrived at the baggage claim. I was in a taxi 45 minutes after we got to the gate.
