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Well, I walked up to YVR domestic/international check-in, and asked to get a boarding pass for AC 568 YVR-SFO, and mentioned that I had no checked bags. It was still about 90 minutes to departure.
"WE CAN'T GIVE YOU A TRANSBORDER BOARDING PASS HERE. YOU CAN'T JUST BE ROAMING AROUND THE AIRPORT WITH A BOARDING PASS. YOU HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY GO THROUGH PRECLEARANCE."
"No, I've done this many times before."
"NO YOU CANNOT DO IT. YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY GO THROUGH PRECLEARANCE."
"I'm going to the domestic lounge to meet a friend. I've done this many times before."
"YOU CAN'T CLEAR DOMESTIC SECURITY WITH A TRANSBORDER BOARDING PASS."
"You can--- oh whatever."
I walked into the concierge office. Of course, it was empty, so I walked back out, muttering something like "of course there are no concierges around".
Then I suppose it clicked that I wasn't some idiot in the wrong part of the airport.
"Are you checked in already?"
"Yes."
"So you just need a boarding pass?"
"Yes."
"Oh well I didn't know that."
"I literally told you I just needed a boarding pass..."
And I got my boarding pass.