Traveling to Canada on AS with a Nexus card but no passport
Jan 30, 2018, 2:18 pm
#46
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA
Programs: UA US CO AA DL FL
Posts: 50,262
AS could absolutely require a passport if it wishes. However, its website is poorly-written and the direction to a third-party visa provider does not help. If it is AS policy that passengers travelling to a destination outside the US must present a valid passport, the website ought to say so in clear and unambiguous language.
The fact that it may be good practice to travel with a passport does not impact writing one's website in clear language.
The fact that it may be good practice to travel with a passport does not impact writing one's website in clear language.
Jan 30, 2018, 2:22 pm
#47
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Portland, OR
Programs: AS 75K, UA Plt
Posts: 226
Since AS doesn't have scanners linked to US/Canadian and Mexican customs at the gates then Nexus should not be used as they have no way of knowing if there is a valid passport attached . Traveling internationally without a passport is asking for trouble. If AS has a policy accepting Nexus, which I doubt, then that policy is wrong.
Jan 30, 2018, 2:24 pm
#48
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 103
AS could absolutely require a passport if it wishes. However, its website is poorly-written and the direction to a third-party visa provider does not help. If it is AS policy that passengers travelling to a destination outside the US must present a valid passport, the website ought to say so in clear and unambiguous language.
The fact that it may be good practice to travel with a passport does not impact writing one's website in clear language.
The fact that it may be good practice to travel with a passport does not impact writing one's website in clear language.
Jan 30, 2018, 2:27 pm
#49
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Portland, OR
Programs: AS 75K, UA Plt
Posts: 226
If you would have tried to check in online or via the app then you would have seen that a passport must be entered to check-in.
Jan 30, 2018, 3:20 pm
#51
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Canada
Programs: AC E50k, A3*G, UA*S, MR Titanium, HHonors Gold, Carlson Gold, NEXUS
Posts: 3,669
Everyone saying you need a valid passport for Nexus: check yourself before you wreck yourself. You need proof of citizenship/PR. 99% of you will have used your passport for this. You're required to update documents as they expire or become relevant: visas, for example, must be added in person at a Nexus office before you can use it with Nexus.
From CBSA:
All of that is separate from whether AS chooses to accept it, of course. I can have a valid Nexus card with no passport at all. That's allowed.
From CBSA:
You must provide a photocopy of an acceptable proof of your Canadian or U.S. citizenship and/or permanent resident status and admissibility to Canada
...
To demonstrate that you are a Canadian or U.S. citizen, you must provide a photocopy of one of the following documents:
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To demonstrate that you are a Canadian or U.S. citizen, you must provide a photocopy of one of the following documents:
- In Canada
- a valid passport;
- a birth certificate and photo ID;
- a Canadian citizenship certificate or card; or
- a Certificate of Indian Status.
- In the United States
- a valid passport;
- a birth certificate and photo ID;
- a U.S. citizenship certificate;
- a certificate of naturalization; or
- a border crossing card.
Mar 25, 2019, 10:01 pm
#52
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 889
A few years late but here's the answer.
AS was good to their word. Their website states that you don't require a passport to travel to Canada and the person checking my wife in was knew that was the case. No problems at all.
Kudos to AS.
AS was good to their word. Their website states that you don't require a passport to travel to Canada and the person checking my wife in was knew that was the case. No problems at all.
Kudos to AS.