Originally Posted by DrunkCargo

My observation is that the gate agents in YYZ explicitly do not care to maintain zone 1 or 2 after they've been called. A week ago ex D24 I arrive at the gate during zone 5 boarding and not only were agents actively asking people to line in the zone 1/2 lines, but also when I explicitly asked where zone 1 was, a "line agent" said zone 1 and 2 had already boarded. I wasn't fussed about it, but found it interesting that the dedicated lines are not dedicated for the whole duration of the boarding process.

Skimming AC.com (https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/...by-zone.html#/), it seems the wording has been tightened up since I last cared to look... This gate practice is fully compliant with AC.com. I was able to use zone 1. There is no promise it remains dedicated after priority boarding has "completed"

I turned left at end of jet bridge, the others turned right. Flight pushed back early and I got home early.