YYZ transborder connection
Aug 27, 2019 | 8:09 am
#1
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: USA
Posts: 307
YYZ transborder connection
I am flying YUL-YYZ-ORD. I read in a thread from a year or so ago that there are not NEXUS kiosks when connecting in Toronto. The advice was to go out and enter the transborder area with the non-connecting passengers.
Is this still the case in Toronto? As a NEXUS card holder, what do you think the best course of action is?
Is this still the case in Toronto? As a NEXUS card holder, what do you think the best course of action is?
Aug 27, 2019 | 8:30 am
#2
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: YYZ, SFO
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Posts: 2,545
According to https://www.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/...ort/ca-us.html you should be able to have access to Global Entry machines when you do a domestic-us connection
Aug 27, 2019 | 8:41 am
#5
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Location: USA
Posts: 307
Thanks, everyone, for the answers.
Aug 27, 2019 | 8:51 am
#6
Join Date: Feb 2018
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Aug 27, 2019 | 9:41 am
#8
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Ideally YOW, but probably not
Programs: AC SE*MM
Posts: 2,380
YYZ T1 (Air Canada and *A) has GE doing domestic to US. There is not yet NEXUS in the US/Intl to Domestic direction, although Pearson said they are coming but I would not hold my breath until the construction on the new secure corridor is done.
YUL has GE going domestic to US and and also NEXUS in the US/Intl to Domestic direction.
YUL has GE going domestic to US and and also NEXUS in the US/Intl to Domestic direction.
Aug 27, 2019 | 1:51 pm
#9
Join Date: May 2016
Location: YUL
Programs: Aeroplan, NEXUS
Posts: 443
One can still go through normal arrivals and clear security.
Aug 27, 2019 | 1:58 pm
#10
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: USA
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The issue for me is whether or not I can use a NEXUS kiosk arriving on an Air Canada flight from Chicago. It appears that I cannot. I am not sure what you mean about "going through normal arrivals to clear security."
Aug 27, 2019 | 5:03 pm
#11
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: BDL, YVR, CMH
Programs: AC, WN, Nexus
Posts: 74
Aug 27, 2019 | 5:14 pm
#12
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: BDL, YVR, CMH
Programs: AC, WN, Nexus
Posts: 74
It depends on the time of day, but it has always been better for me to stay in the secure area.
Aug 27, 2019 | 6:15 pm
#13
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Location: USA
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Hmm... I have definitely used Global Entry kiosks at YUL. But this was not for a connection. I originated at YUL.
Aug 27, 2019 | 6:15 pm
#14
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To paraphrase, the only way you can currently use Nexus on a connection in YYZ terminal 1 is to go through the regular customs area and then to reenter the secure area as if you were starting in Toronto.
It depends on the time of day, but it has always been better for me to stay in the secure area.
It depends on the time of day, but it has always been better for me to stay in the secure area.
Feb 8, 2022 | 8:46 am
#15
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: YEG
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Bumping up rather than opening a new thread.
I am looking at some 1:10 (YUL) to 1:45 (YVR and YYZ) transborder connections. How doable are they in the current climate without Nexus, etc.?
Also, does having checked luggage make a difference? I recall having to take our checked bags to the transborder section when flying direct out of YEG. Wondering if we'd have to collect them and recheck at the connecting airport.
I am looking at some 1:10 (YUL) to 1:45 (YVR and YYZ) transborder connections. How doable are they in the current climate without Nexus, etc.?
Also, does having checked luggage make a difference? I recall having to take our checked bags to the transborder section when flying direct out of YEG. Wondering if we'd have to collect them and recheck at the connecting airport.