Originally Posted by
taylor
Thinking of doing a package with air from Toronto. However connections must be arranged on your own. So, when returning from
Provo, I am thinking we have to pick up bags for Customs and then return them. If both the package flight and the connecting flight are with Air Canada, will the system see them as one trip, even though booked separately, allowing us to return the bags right after Customs? Or will we have to recheck the bags ourselves? Is this clear as mud? Not so concerned going out as we are overnighting in T.O.
If its all AC metal or if the check-in metal is with a carrier that plays nicely with interlining and multiple tickets, then you will have no problems. I've personally showed up with 3 separate AC tickets booked on a combo of an AP redemption, an AC flight pass, and a Revenue ticket, and had no problems having them treated as a single contiguous reservation.
Don't know what kind of operator you're dealing with if they're selling AC metal, but can't arrange a simple connecting flight though. Seems unusual. If you can get it all booked on one PNR, you should be able to avoid the YYZ AIF and perhaps get a slightly better deal on the Windsor-Toronto flight.