Originally Posted by
seawolf
I wouldn't hold my breath until actual renovation work is underway. It and Montreal rail station preclearance has been talked about since Obama was in office.
Hopefully it will become reality in 2023 and not pushed out further.
I can see how preclearance is of some benefit if you are making a connection.
But for point to point traffic, preclearance sucks. Without preclearance, when you go to the airport you leave time for security, not immigration/customs. The, when you arrive in the US, you go through customs/immigration. If you have Global Entry, that's pretty quick.
With preclearance, you have to add time to get to the airport for customs/immigration, and inevitably to be safe you leave more time than is necessary. So your trip ends up taking longer than without preclearance, because you don't know how long customs/immigration will take so you add extra time that is wasted.
Without preclearance, you don't add the unnecessary time.