Originally Posted by
IluvSQ
I am in Florida now for a family function ( with 3 kids).
The invitation and reservations were done in January.
If it had been last month, we would not have come.
It will be a few months until the Canadian reaction trickles down.
Based on my experience it took weeks not months. In late February, U.S. preclearance, Maple Leaf lounge and U.S. departure gates at Pearson T1 were packed and my Rouge flight to Tampa was full which is typical. In mid-March however, the preclearance hall was practically empty of passengers and the departure areas and lounges were half full at most. My flight at the same time and on the same day was no more than 2/3rds full. I fly this route regularly and it was the first time in recent memory that we weren't begged or alternately threatened to check carry on bags.
It was so quiet at T1 that for the first time ever I could walk to the counter and place my order at Tim Hortons without waiting in line.