Advice for US-YYZ-Int'l w/kids
Nov 14, 2016, 8:14 am
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2014
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Advice for US-YYZ-Int'l w/kids
Hi, looking into flying US-YYZ-Int'l with kids. I've never flown AC for anything outside Canada. There are conflicting posts as to how long it takes to go through YYZ:
1) On the outbound, is a 1:30 connection in YYZ doable (US-YYZ-Int'l all on AC)? It is a valid connection of course, but missing the flight and being rebooked for the next evening would suck. Alternative is a ~4 hours connection which, with the kids, is a lot of time to spend at the airport
2) On the inbound (Int'l-YYZ-US, all AC), it's either 1:50 or 5:15 hours. 1:50 sounds very tight (US customs, re check bags, security). Missing the first flight and being rebooked on the second (
party of 5) would suck but might be worth the gamble.
Thoughts?
1) On the outbound, is a 1:30 connection in YYZ doable (US-YYZ-Int'l all on AC)? It is a valid connection of course, but missing the flight and being rebooked for the next evening would suck. Alternative is a ~4 hours connection which, with the kids, is a lot of time to spend at the airport
2) On the inbound (Int'l-YYZ-US, all AC), it's either 1:50 or 5:15 hours. 1:50 sounds very tight (US customs, re check bags, security). Missing the first flight and being rebooked on the second (
party of 5) would suck but might be worth the gamble.Thoughts?
Nov 14, 2016, 10:22 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: YYZ
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Posts: 4,428
Hi, looking into flying US-YYZ-Int'l with kids. I've never flown AC for anything outside Canada. There are conflicting posts as to how long it takes to go through YYZ:
1) On the outbound, is a 1:30 connection in YYZ doable (US-YYZ-Int'l all on AC)? It is a valid connection of course, but missing the flight and being rebooked for the next evening would suck. Alternative is a ~4 hours connection which, with the kids, is a lot of time to spend at the airport
2) On the inbound (Int'l-YYZ-US, all AC), it's either 1:50 or 5:15 hours. 1:50 sounds very tight (US customs, re check bags, security). Missing the first flight and being rebooked on the second ( party of 5) would suck but might be worth the gamble.
Thoughts?
1) On the outbound, is a 1:30 connection in YYZ doable (US-YYZ-Int'l all on AC)? It is a valid connection of course, but missing the flight and being rebooked for the next evening would suck. Alternative is a ~4 hours connection which, with the kids, is a lot of time to spend at the airport
2) On the inbound (Int'l-YYZ-US, all AC), it's either 1:50 or 5:15 hours. 1:50 sounds very tight (US customs, re check bags, security). Missing the first flight and being rebooked on the second (
party of 5) would suck but might be worth the gamble.Thoughts?
Inbound may be more of a challenge but depends on day and time of day. Still doable. You have to identify your bag on a screen to go thru US CBP so not only do you have to hope that CBP is not busy, you also have to hope that the baggage shows up quickly.