International to International Transit in YVR or YYZ
Jul 4, 2008, 8:42 am
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International to International Transit in YVR or YYZ
Is there any Canadian airport where you can do an International to International transit without going through Immigrations? I am looking at MEX-YVR-NRT as an example? What about YYZ?
Jul 4, 2008, 8:58 am
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YES in YYZ, avoid YVR if you can, the airport is under construction and not very good at the moment. Looking at where you want to go YVR makes more sense.
Jul 4, 2008, 9:43 am
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There is no reason to avoid YVR - there is no construction on the international side - that has been complete for over a year and the new part is beautiful. You can transit without going through customs.
Jul 4, 2008, 10:26 am
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In any case, unlike many other countries, you'll still have to present your passport for inspection by Canadian Border Services Agency albeit a simplified process.
Jul 4, 2008, 10:33 pm
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If you enjoy airport experiences then here is my opinion...
YVR is quiet and stunningly beautiful with art (sculptures, installations, native art), water features (huge aquariums, indoor streams) and tonnes of outdoor views. It is a pleasure to spend a little time exploring.
YYZ is brand new too, but I find it way overstated, white, loud, sterile and an assault on your senses. (how do I really feel eh?)
Both airports offer easy international-international transfers with the passport check.
Jul 4, 2008, 10:35 pm
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Most of the construction is outside now on the train line. Nothing going on at the international concourse anymore - unless something has started in the past couple weeks.
Jul 5, 2008, 6:29 am
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IMHO YVR used to be a great airport to transit through, now its NOT
Customs is a nighmare, CND to US transit is a long long walk if you dont arrive at the right time. Areas close in late afternoon. A rental car is the walk from hell through a temporary walkway.
I dont really care how the airport looks but YVR wins HANDS down! I just want to get to my desination.
I guess YVR will get better as AC pulls its flights from YVR. This week alone AC pulled a lot of traffic, and more cutbacks to yvr are coming I,m sure.
Customs is a nighmare, CND to US transit is a long long walk if you dont arrive at the right time. Areas close in late afternoon. A rental car is the walk from hell through a temporary walkway.I dont really care how the airport looks but YVR wins HANDS down! I just want to get to my desination.
I guess YVR will get better as AC pulls its flights from YVR. This week alone AC pulled a lot of traffic, and more cutbacks to yvr are coming I,m sure.
Jul 5, 2008, 6:58 am
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US-Int'l requires a customs check and going through security again in YVR.
A few weeks ago I did SEA-YVR-LHR, and got hauled into secondary after using my NEXUS. SEA-YVR was AS, YVR-LHR.
I was right royally pissed off, as I was on a very short connection on two separate tickets (yes, yes, I know, on the latter).
I let them know about it as well. Surprisingly, that didn't get me the latex glove treatment, I think they saw how ridiculous it was given I was not staying in the country for more than two seconds with any extra bottles of wine (TM) I might have.
Simon
A few weeks ago I did SEA-YVR-LHR, and got hauled into secondary after using my NEXUS. SEA-YVR was AS, YVR-LHR.
I was right royally pissed off, as I was on a very short connection on two separate tickets (yes, yes, I know, on the latter).
I let them know about it as well. Surprisingly, that didn't get me the latex glove treatment, I think they saw how ridiculous it was given I was not staying in the country for more than two seconds with any extra bottles of wine (TM) I might have.
Simon