Originally Posted by
Plumber
I have had OSS on many, many of my boarding passes as I live in YOW and almost always have to connect to get there.
I have NEVER (ie not even once!) seen any benefit from OSS. I ALWAYS have to go though security again.
A while ago i asked several employees in YYZ (Air Canada, YYZ Airport and CBA) and nobody even knew what OSS was.
So, I think its premature to say you wont have to go through transit security.
Maybe you wont have to collect your bags (I usually carry my bag so I dont know).
Please report back how it goes.
Oh- this has been discussed in detail:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...-security.html
Yes, it has, and as I mentioned in that thread OSS is in effect at YYZ, at least for the time being.
The only problem is that if your flight doesn't dump you in to the main arrival hallway where the escalators go down to customs (and where the secure OSS corridor runs) and instead dumps you in to that little side hallway with the single escalator down to customs then you miss the secure corridor and end up going through the main customs hall and then back landside. Which is what happened to me last week when connecting back US - YYZ - YOW.