Originally Posted by
supatight80
I understand and how much i want to save money as intl. Flex IS expensive for me, but id rather pay the extra $ than re-experience the humiliation i got from US customs and immigration while on transit . I wont go into details but my pride and self respect is worth more than a couple of hundred dollars saved if flying with an american carrier. I am dual and live in both canada and philippines ...all i will say is never again will i allow myself to be yelled at and stereotyped in public where everyone can see and hear.....Sorry but not worth it just to save a few hundred dollars per trip. Happened a long time ago but ill never forget....
I know it's a bit off topic, but customs can be difficult both ways. I just hosted a professional colleague at the University of Toronto who's an American naturalized citizen of Russian origin. He was yelled at and separated from his family for an hour at Canadian customs coming into Canada. He had documentation proving he was a professor at a US university invited to give a talk at a Canadian university and they were really rude to him. It happens both ways