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Originally Posted by gapilot
Taking advantage of good fares YVR to SCL. My incoming positioning flight to YVR turns out to be arriving on the same aircraft as my outbound flight, since both connect through DFW. Are deplaning passengers able to wait in the gate area? The inbound flight arrives at 12:01 pm, and my next flight would presumably depart the same gate at 12:53 pm. To be more specific, I am arriving on itinerary TPA-DFW-YVR and departing the same day on another itinerary YVR-DFW-SCL. Will this work, or should I schedule arrival in YVR the previous day?
YVR is in another country, and AA flights from YVR to DFW utilize the U.S. pre-clearance facility at YVR. Even if you could somehow avoid clearing Canadian Immigration and Customs, I do not see how you would be permitted to (re-)board the aircraft for the flight back to the U.S. without first clearing U.S. Immigration and Customs at YVR.