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Aug 9, 2005 | 8:36 pm

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evdog19

Join Date: Feb 2002

Location: Toronto

Posts: 227

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Originally Posted by MapleLeaf

I have a flight later this month LGA-YYZ-TLV (was $1100 cheaper than YYZ-TLV). My options are to fly out of YYZ early that morning and do a turn around on AC at LGA or fly out of BUF on USAir. BUF is coming in much cheaper.

Has anyone done one of these recently and if so, what reaction did you get from the friendly US Customs and Immigration folks? I won't lie to them, rather would tell I am going to New York to fly to Toronto and saving buckets of money in the process. Before 9/11 I used to do this frequently (why I even went to MEX as a turnaround

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Thoughts?

I did the same thing in Feb. going to Beijing. When they asked why I was going to the US, I told them the truth. They laughed and sent me on my way.

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