Connecting through YYZ to US - How much time to allow for customs clearing?
Dec 19, 2019, 7:41 am
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Connecting through YYZ to US - How much time to allow for customs clearing?
I have a flight on 31Jan2019 that is connecting to US. It arrives YYZ at 5:53 AM and the connecting flight to US leaves at 7:45 AM. Carrier/operator on both flights is WestJet. Will my luggage be checked on through or do I have to claim it, clear customs, and then check it back in again? And is a 1:50 layover long enough on a Friday morning flight to make it through customs?
Dec 19, 2019, 10:18 am
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I have a flight on 31Jan2019 that is connecting to US. It arrives YYZ at 5:53 AM and the connecting flight to US leaves at 7:45 AM. Carrier/operator on both flights is WestJet. Will my luggage be checked on through or do I have to claim it, clear customs, and then check it back in again? And is a 1:50 layover long enough on a Friday morning flight to make it through customs?
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Dec 19, 2019, 6:38 pm
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WS will send your US bound bags directly to CBP for clearing. You would need to scan your onward to US BP and if the bags have arrived and photographed for US CBP you will be sent through to the CBP Checkpoint. If not you will be asked to wait in a waiting room and watch a monitor for confirmation of your bags has been processed and then you head to US CBP checkpoint.
Jan 1, 2020, 2:05 pm
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I took a similar flight. WS YVR-YYZ which arrived very early, maybe similar to the original poster's 5:53 am. There was plenty of time to eat breakfast. I even when to T1 to take a look at the departure hall then went back to T3 for a connecting flight to LGA. Everything was very fast, even the slow non-NEXUS line. I think I waited about 3 minutes for customs clearance though I did not have checked baggage, hence the freedom to explore another terminal.