Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
Ah but how many pax miss their flights because of the US immigration queues in Canada? How many flights get massively delayed (thus misconnecting some pax for their next flight) because of those same queues?
I haven't had too many Canada->US flights, but typically queue is about 2 hours and I see plenty of people in the same queue miss their flight.
Depending on the terminal, generally none. The airlines work with US Immigration at the airports to pull people out of line if the lines are horrendous and there is a reasonable chance of missing your flight. It is common to hear "Those PAX on UAXXX please raise your hand... then they are pulled out of line and taken to 1 or 2 agents who clear them.