One Stop Security
Sep 20, 2017, 11:33 am
#211
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
I assumed this is because of One Stop Security that was implemented at YUL, if it is, maybe we should merge this to the existing thread:
One Stop Security
I have yet to try this myself, but an upcoming EYW trip should be able to experience this now.
One Stop Security
I have yet to try this myself, but an upcoming EYW trip should be able to experience this now.
Sep 20, 2017, 11:43 am
#212
Join Date: Oct 2004
Programs: Aeroplan, Delta, Starwood, Fairmount
Posts: 2,312
If only YYZ could do something similar....
Sep 20, 2017, 11:54 am
#213
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE100K, Marriott Titanium & LTP, NEXUS
Posts: 613
Used it connecting to YVR from NCE in June, and was very fast and allowed me to make a very tight connection (less than a minute to get through with Nexus).
Thought I would get to use it coming back from PUJ in July, but was sent (along with seemingly the entire plane) through regular customs, baggage claim, secondary inspection (must have been looking for something), and back through domestic security.
Comparing the two a couple of weeks apart, it makes you appreciate the new OSS at YUL.
Sep 20, 2017, 12:27 pm
#215
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: I'm From Here
Programs: AC*SE & MM/*Wood Gold/HHonors Diamond/Marriott Silver/AirMiles Gold
Posts: 4,567
YUL's expansion was designed for this, while YYZ with the hammerheads was not.
That said, while it is great when you fly in on a domestic flight, you could be in for a VERY long walk to get to baggage claim as it is one long corridor.
Pros and Cons
That said, while it is great when you fly in on a domestic flight, you could be in for a VERY long walk to get to baggage claim as it is one long corridor.
Pros and Cons
Sep 20, 2017, 2:58 pm
#216
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Toronto
Programs: DL Silver, AC E75K, Chatime Elite
Posts: 339
YYC OSS process was also easy. My flight from the US landed a few minutes after the printed boarding time printed on my YYZ-bound flight.
Cleared passport checks, a YYC volunteer opened a side door which brought me to an escalator, then I ran up, and over to the Domestic-INTL connector, and made it while Zone 4 was boarding.
Cleared passport checks, a YYC volunteer opened a side door which brought me to an escalator, then I ran up, and over to the Domestic-INTL connector, and made it while Zone 4 was boarding.
Sep 21, 2017, 7:05 am
#217
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: USA
Posts: 305
Amazing as it may sound, the one thing that has constantly improved here in Montreal over the past 10 years is the experience of flying from, into, or through PET/YUL. In a city where literally everything is broken or in the process of being rebuilt, the airport is actually ten times the joy to travel through as it was a scant few years ago.
Sep 21, 2017, 8:55 am
#218
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: West
Posts: 3,357
Agreed, it's fantastic when you get to use it.
Used it connecting to YVR from NCE in June, and was very fast and allowed me to make a very tight connection (less than a minute to get through with Nexus).
Thought I would get to use it coming back from PUJ in July, but was sent (along with seemingly the entire plane) through regular customs, baggage claim, secondary inspection (must have been looking for something), and back through domestic security.
Comparing the two a couple of weeks apart, it makes you appreciate the new OSS at YUL.
Used it connecting to YVR from NCE in June, and was very fast and allowed me to make a very tight connection (less than a minute to get through with Nexus).
Thought I would get to use it coming back from PUJ in July, but was sent (along with seemingly the entire plane) through regular customs, baggage claim, secondary inspection (must have been looking for something), and back through domestic security.
Comparing the two a couple of weeks apart, it makes you appreciate the new OSS at YUL.
Sep 21, 2017, 9:18 am
#219
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: YYC
Posts: 4,035
If you used Nexus you definitely made a wrong turn. You went right at the bottom of the stairs instead of left to the Canada/International connection lanes.
Sep 21, 2017, 2:00 pm
#220
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE100K, Marriott Titanium & LTP, NEXUS
Posts: 613
The person scanning BPs after customs did say "Oh, PUJ. We've been waiting for you. This way."
Sep 22, 2017, 11:20 am
#221
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Location: SFO
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I'm flying SFO-YVR-YEG tomorrow. What can I expect?
Do I need to reclear security? If so, I might as well just use the NEXUS machines. If not, where do I go?
I've seen them hand out little things to people with connections before, but I don't know what you gain from it.
Do I need to reclear security? If so, I might as well just use the NEXUS machines. If not, where do I go?
I've seen them hand out little things to people with connections before, but I don't know what you gain from it.
Sep 22, 2017, 11:32 am
#222
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE100K, Marriott Titanium & LTP, NEXUS
Posts: 613
I'm flying SFO-YVR-YEG tomorrow. What can I expect?
Do I need to reclear security? If so, I might as well just use the NEXUS machines. If not, where do I go?
I've seen them hand out little things to people with connections before, but I don't know what you gain from it.
Do I need to reclear security? If so, I might as well just use the NEXUS machines. If not, where do I go?
I've seen them hand out little things to people with connections before, but I don't know what you gain from it.
For USA -> Canada, I think you clear immigration (Nexus) and then head to the AC connections desk at the back right, near the washrooms.
Haven't you done this before going to YYJ etc?
Sep 22, 2017, 11:53 am
#223
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YQB
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,139
OSS didn't work for me yesterday in YUL. I flew in from MUC and was directed down to the baggage hall and had to go back to departure level to pass security. Not sure why.
I did get to see the the new CBSA counters for connections though. Looks like there is a lane for Nexus now. I didn't try it because I was carrying some food items though.
I did get to see the the new CBSA counters for connections though. Looks like there is a lane for Nexus now. I didn't try it because I was carrying some food items though.
Sep 22, 2017, 12:14 pm
#224
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: YQB
Programs: AC MM E50, AF Flying Blue
Posts: 572
OSS didn't work for me yesterday in YUL. I flew in from MUC and was directed down to the baggage hall and had to go back to departure level to pass security. Not sure why.
I did get to see the the new CBSA counters for connections though. Looks like there is a lane for Nexus now. I didn't try it because I was carrying some food items though.
I did get to see the the new CBSA counters for connections though. Looks like there is a lane for Nexus now. I didn't try it because I was carrying some food items though.
Sep 22, 2017, 12:20 pm
#225
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: YYC
Posts: 4,035
I'm flying SFO-YVR-YEG tomorrow. What can I expect?
Do I need to reclear security? If so, I might as well just use the NEXUS machines. If not, where do I go?
I've seen them hand out little things to people with connections before, but I don't know what you gain from it.
Do I need to reclear security? If so, I might as well just use the NEXUS machines. If not, where do I go?
I've seen them hand out little things to people with connections before, but I don't know what you gain from it.
The "Quick Connect" on the right side will eventually allow you to bypass security, but for now, it just puts you down a glass hallways that eventually exits into baggage claim, so you're no further ahead.