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Old Jul 15, 2023 | 5:57 pm
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Originally Posted by fo awesomeothills county flier
I don’t know one Canadian airport that has a bag sorting system.
So when US or Canadian border guards look at pictures of bags they are looking at random bags?

your proposition is outrageous.

Originally Posted by foothills county flier
I was waiting for this question. US departure bags are scanned for US customs only, and this was required by US customs. Most Canadian airports scan US departure bags by hand. They didn’t want to spend the money for the baggage system to do it. Once bags leave US customs, they are in the dark again.
But they end up on the right carousel or aircraft 98% of the time.

Because the baggage plinko machine has that much luck?

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