Originally Posted by
gnomey
I never wanted to exit to landside
but I couldn't find a way to do what you described. is what you described accessible to everyone regardless of where your DOM plane land in YVR?
maybe I should have followed the INTL sign first, after landing in YVR. but I just keep following the US TB sign, so maybe that is why I inadvertently ended up at landside then have to enter back to airside again as if I am not a connecting pax
It might've also been the time you arrived from your DOM flight. The sterile US Connections Facility is open at 0700 and closes at 1900 sharp since CATSA stops processing the last US cnx pax at 1900. Before or after these times, you need to exit landside and go through CATSA from E Gate check-in.
Otherwise, the signage points towards D Gates(INTL) and the airside US Cnx Facility during these hours. If you're arriving anytime between 0630-0700, its better to wait in C Gates until the airside US cnx facility opens at 0700 since the connections CATSA/USCBP line is always faster. No priority/NEXUS/GE/TSAPre line at the moment due to the drop in demand from COVID.