Originally Posted by
jsloan
I've never heard of regulators doing an audit without someone complaining first.
The computer should pick it up at check-in (actually, UA's computer should have picked it up before offering it for sale). I don't know whether or not agents are trained to check for it. It wouldn't entirely surprise me -- at a minimum, it should look weird to an AC rep that someone's checking in for a flight transiting Canada and going back to the US.
Agreed, but the law doesn't require a pattern of violations -- it's just, a single instance won't be a priority from an enforcement perspective.
Yeah undoubtedly only because it doesn't get fined doesn't mean it's allowed. Just sort of pondering whether anyone really would likely notice this happening. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it simply winds up overlooked through document checks, etc., as long as your other documents make things straightforward (i.e. clearly eligible to transit, admissible at destination). Maybe with all the extra COVID documentation required now, it would be more likely to be spotted, though.