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Originally Posted by Cozmo456
(Post 30952404)
Also do not use the APP for boarding passes. They need your ongoing BP and mine never appears by the time I get to the front of the line. The app is way to slow in showing the next one. You can get a reprint from the AC desk before you hit the machines.
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Originally Posted by colombianbrew
(Post 30952504)
are you saying this only currently works for international connections or can you get from the international terminal to domestic? I connect through YUL from the US to domestic fairly regularly and have always gone out and re-cleared security. Would be great to not have to! Thanks
Originally Posted by RangerNS
(Post 30952628)
I've also as recently as last month done US-YUL-YHZ, and the process is as explained. Tight U-turn at the bottom of the stairs in the huge customs hall.
When I was there International / Domestic was still one space. Apparently it is April 3 that this will change ( see: https://milesopedia.com/actualites/a...internationale ) Unclear what the effect on OSS will be. |
Originally Posted by jasdou
(Post 30953772)
I am doing US-YUL-YQB on the 3rd so I will report back. |
This is too bad, I enjoyed being able to take a long walk in the relatively uncrowded international pier on my SFO-YUL-YHZ layovers. The National Bank lounge was also a nice option and the international MLL seemed to let me in as an SE most of the time if the YHZ gate was anywhere nearby (which more often than not it seems to be).
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I just connected from the US to a Domestic flight in YUL today. The most significant change is that the staff scanning BPs after CBSA check will either direct you through the glass doors to international gates or down a semi-finished hallway that spits you back on the Domestic side, close to the intersection between International, TB and Dom areas (by the YUL Pizza counter). Very easy and smooth but it seems like you have to show your BP every 10 feet. The new BP check for the international wing was also in full force with extra staff to help. It heard one agent say that once you go through to the International gates, you are not allowed back to the Domestic side. Gate 51 also now appears to be a hybrid gate with a glass partition that can be accessed either from the International side or the Domestic side. Again, as it has been discussed upthread, OSS in YUL is so much smoother and efficient than YYZ because of the presence of CBSA automated kiosks, Nexus machines and no need to take a bus that leaves at intermittent intervals. |
Originally Posted by jasdou
(Post 30951697)
Very easy and simple. You go down the escalators in the customs hall and follow directions for connections. There will be airport staff directing traffic, but you basically have to do a U-turn after going down the escalators. That will bring you a small customs hall for connections. There are Nexus machines available. After using the kiosk, you hand out your receipt and there will be a quick BP check and you end up in the international wing of the terminal. The only thing I am not sure is if anything has changed since the airport has re-segregated International and Donestic gates. Last time I was there I did see some construction so they might have built a hallway for OSS passengers to go directly to Domestic instead of international. I am connecting in YUL from the US on Wednesday and can report back. No need to speak French by the way. Airport staff and customs officers will be fully bilingual. French is my first language but I sometimes end up interacting with them in English for several reasons. |
Originally Posted by ridefar
(Post 30990594)
Thanks to you and others. Process was smooth and seamless and generally several orders of magnitude better and less stupid than YYZ. No pictures as I don’t think they are allowed in customs hall. |
Originally Posted by OSSYULYYZ
(Post 30990596)
Probably not allowed in the customs hall, but I have yet to see pictures of the division between Domestic and Int'l around Gate 50.
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Originally Posted by OSSYULYYZ
(Post 30990596)
Probably not allowed in the customs hall, but I have yet to see pictures of the division between Domestic and Int'l around Gate 50.
Also, I might have just been too tired to notice but I ended up leaving customs and having to reclear CATSA security to get to my domestic gate (User error since I wasn't able to read the signs :D ?). Wasn't an issue since YUL was pretty dead but I thought the whole idea of OSS allowed for connections without reclearing security? https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...4b20974e96.jpg |
Originally Posted by C-FMWQ
(Post 31024028)
Also, I might have just been too tired to notice but I ended up leaving customs and having to reclear CATSA security to get to my domestic gate (User error since I wasn't able to read the signs :D ?). Wasn't an issue since YUL was pretty dead but I thought the whole idea of OSS allowed for connections without reclearing security?
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Originally Posted by RatherBeInYOW
(Post 31024748)
I guess you were too tired to notice. When you go down the stairs in to the main customs hall you need to keep left and left again by where the elevators are to get to the OSS domestic connections area, which bypasses having to clear security. Usually there is someone hollering about "domestic connections this way" but if it was pretty dead then maybe not.
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Still waiting for the domestic transfer area at YYZ to get NEXUS kiosks (I mean, I hope they do). I've been through several times with a snaking line or very few officers working. Between this and waiting on the (sometimes very hot) bus, it would be faster and more comfortable for me to re-clear security entirely and use NEXUS sometimes. Not all the time, but sometimes.
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So to be clear about YUL, follow the connections signs. There are Nexus machines there and even an AC desk in case your app does not flip over to the next BP (happens a lot). You need a BP to get through here.
Depending on your connection, domestic vs international, you either get let out right away in the international section or down a desolate hallway to dump you out at gate 51. |
Originally Posted by eastcoastcan
(Post 31025266)
If you are clearing International->Domestic however, it is easier to just use the Nexus machines in the main hall. If you follow the connections signs you go in to the OSS area, but they are redirected back out, the long way, to the main baggage hall.
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Originally Posted by D404
(Post 31025274)
Still waiting for the domestic transfer area at YYZ to get NEXUS kiosks (I mean, I hope they do). I've been through several times with a snaking line or very few officers working. Between this and waiting on the (sometimes very hot) bus, it would be faster and more comfortable for me to re-clear security entirely and use NEXUS sometimes. Not all the time, but sometimes.
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