YYZ connection - how much time needed?
Feb 23, 2022 | 12:14 pm
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Book the shortest connection and let god sort the rest out. Even with a family. If your connection busts they'll put you on the next flight or the one after that or the one after that. Will probably be less than 4 hours. Don't force yourself and your family into an unnecessary long connection.
Apr 10, 2023 | 9:42 am
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if you care about the discussion surrounding this happening in 2022, it'd probably be in a big thread on the AC forum that i simply don't know how to begin locating. i definitely posted about it, so you can also look in my post history but i don't know how to begin sifting through that as efficiently as an FT detective would
Apr 22, 2023 | 5:02 pm
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Noobie question flying from PHL to YVR via YYZ
Noobie question flying from PHL to YVR via YYZ
tourist hereWe are Taiwanese passport holderAbout to fly from Philadelphia to Vancouver PHL to YYZ with AC8929YYZ to YVR with AC107In July Do we need to pick up checked baggage ourselves and checked it in again at the counter in YYZ?? Thanks 🙏We are booking directly with Air Canada website Sorry, might be a stupid question But we are flying from USA to Canada (with layover) for the first time
tourist hereWe are Taiwanese passport holderAbout to fly from Philadelphia to Vancouver PHL to YYZ with AC8929YYZ to YVR with AC107In July Do we need to pick up checked baggage ourselves and checked it in again at the counter in YYZ?? Thanks 🙏We are booking directly with Air Canada website Sorry, might be a stupid question But we are flying from USA to Canada (with layover) for the first time
Apr 22, 2023 | 5:25 pm
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You might find this webpage helpful:
https://www.torontopearson.com/en/connections
If you have not already booked the trip, you might consider connecting within the U.S.: that would normally make for an easier connection.
https://www.torontopearson.com/en/connections
If you have not already booked the trip, you might consider connecting within the U.S.: that would normally make for an easier connection.
Apr 22, 2023 | 5:26 pm
#21
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Hi - You shouldn't have to if you are flying on AC and transferring to an AC flight to Vancouver. The bags should automatically be transferred and sent to your final destination. I'm assuming that your flight starts in PHL. I just flew LAS - YVR - YXE and did not have to pick up my bags in Vancouver (even though my layover was 9 hrs). You will have to clear Canada Immigration/Customs in YYZ.
Apr 22, 2023 | 5:39 pm
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Transiting through Torononto - time needed (customs, etc)
I have never done this, but if I am coming from Brussels through Toronto- onto the US (RDU) - the flight has 1 hr 40 min layover - do I have to go through customs/passport control/immigration and collect bags in Toronto and go back through security? Or is it just like a normal layover?
How much time should I plan as a minimum - FWIW I will have a four year old and 74 year old in tow - so running isn't an option.
Thanks!
How much time should I plan as a minimum - FWIW I will have a four year old and 74 year old in tow - so running isn't an option.
Thanks!
Apr 22, 2023 | 6:18 pm
#23
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Hi
Depending on time of day and number of flights, 1hr and 40min could be tight. Here is a link with connnection info from AC:
aircanadaDOTcom/dk/en/aco/home/fly/at-the-airport/airport-information/toronto-pearson-international-airport.html#/
as well as a link from YYZ for a connection *tool*
wwwDOTtorontopearsonDOTcom/en/connections
Hope this helps
Depending on time of day and number of flights, 1hr and 40min could be tight. Here is a link with connnection info from AC:
aircanadaDOTcom/dk/en/aco/home/fly/at-the-airport/airport-information/toronto-pearson-international-airport.html#/
as well as a link from YYZ for a connection *tool*
wwwDOTtorontopearsonDOTcom/en/connections
Hope this helps
Apr 22, 2023 | 11:21 pm
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If you're coming from Brussels, you will clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Toronto but will not have to undergo Canadian customs. You should not have to retrieve your bags which saves a ton of time. However, the wait at U.S. preclearance will depend on passenger volume and time of day. You will have to undergo security screening at YYZ as the U.S. does not recognize EU aviation security (Canada does).
Apr 28, 2023 | 10:40 am
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If you're coming from Brussels, you will clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Toronto but will not have to undergo Canadian customs. You should not have to retrieve your bags which saves a ton of time. However, the wait at U.S. preclearance will depend on passenger volume and time of day. You will have to undergo security screening at YYZ as the U.S. does not recognize EU aviation security (Canada does).
Apr 28, 2023 | 2:18 pm
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Apr 29, 2023 | 8:33 am
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The last time I did an International - US transit at YYZ (pre pandemic) I used Global Entry to speed it up. Normal priority through all previous stops/checks. But by showing my GE card to the Canadian staff acting as the gatekeeper to the GE machines I was allowed to use the kiosks.
Apr 29, 2023 | 11:56 am
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Global Entry card gets faster security line with CATSA, faster line with US CBP in Canada, but not faster line with CBSA in Canada.