Originally Posted by juanvaldez
Thanks for the answer. I am thinking the same thing - I love it when the agent smiles and says, "Canada is not an international destination. If it was, you would be in the SFO International Terminal".
Yeah, and actually that is an incorrect response by the agent. The reason why you leave from the domestic terminal is that US Customs and Immigration is stationed within most major Canadian airports. The reasons for this are many, but the upshot is that transborder flights do not operate from the international terminals of US airports. So while the airlines might consider Canada a "domestic" destination, the reason you aren't in the international terminal is unrelated...and if an agent tried to feed me the line they fed you, I'd call them on it. All you have to say is, "It's not an international destination? Then why are you scanning my passport for departure from the US?"
Originally Posted by juanvaldez
Other thing that I noticed is that I did not have access to their seats in the "elite" section of coach. I guess I was mistaken in thinking that I'd be able to access those seats by having a Star Gold profile.
I never even knew of an "elite" section of their coach class. I've found that booking AC flights through United means only a limited seat selection, but a call to AC reservations usually netted a better seat assignment.