Originally Posted by
YULJetSet
That's not true. I did it in March 2017 when returning on AC from New Orleans...
Feel free to search FT for the exact date yourself. People have even posted pictures of the (poorly written) signs in the customs hall explaining that bags don't need to be picked up. I don't remember when this came into effect, but it was
well before March 2017.
ETA: I'm feeling a little generous this morning... here's a thread dating back to August 2016 which discusses the non-necessity of picking up bags in YYZ:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...toms-help.html -- and the procedure wasn't new then, either.