Originally Posted by
flytoeat
Will AS sell you a ticket with the shorter connection? If not, you're at their mercy if you miss your connection and you'll likely have to cool your heels for 24 hours until the flight the next day - if there's room.
AS rejigged a lot of the flight schedules out of YEG, YYC and other Canadian cities and this has caused big problems with some of the connecting banks.
Pre-clearance (YVR, YYC) are 60 minutes FROM Canada TO Domestic. Apparently, in the last week, YEG just got changed to 40 minutes. Why YEG is ok for 40 minutes and YVR and YYC aren't are beyond me - it makes no sense. No, AS won't sell you the short connection even if it's off by just 3 or 4 minutes (trust me, I have tried exhaustively!).
YYJ seems to show as 1hr20 minutes connect time if AS-AS. This would indicate your 08:39 to 10:00 would be fine.
AS-AS I-D .40 YEG - ALL
AS-AS I-D 1.20 YLW - ALL
AS-AS I-D 1.00 YVR - ALL
AS-AS I-D 1.00 YYC - ALL
AS-AS I-D 1.20 YYJ - ALL
The other direction going TO Canada it's usually 40 minutes.