Security at YYZ (2022)
May 31, 2023, 7:28 am
#181
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Honestly, this happens every few months/years at YYZ and other Canadian airports. They "pilot" against Nexus to keep everything in the bags including liquids, electronics, etc. Then suddenly they will halt the pilot and go back to the usual MO. Rinse and repeat. While I love the current Nexus approach at YYZ, just chuck your bag in the bin and that's it, I'm not going to hold my breath this is the new 'standard' for more than a few weeks or month.
May 31, 2023, 12:18 pm
#182
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They also told me that they have to put everything in the bin otherwise it doesn't scan. Now this is all BS as I have dealt with both Rapiscan and Smith and they do scan all items even if not in a bin. I took a guitar and they had issues with it because it would not fit in the bin.
May 31, 2023, 1:24 pm
#183
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May 31, 2023, 7:05 pm
#184
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and if they had signage or just explained it that way instead of screaming like broiling pigeons to put your bags in the bins, it would be even more understandable.
Jun 1, 2023, 6:04 am
#186
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If only they would be that straightforward every time. Tomorrow it will be everything in the trays.
Jun 1, 2023, 4:20 pm
#187
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Jun 17, 2023, 5:34 am
#189
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On the 13th night at T1, there was a queue in the normal channel and no one in the priority and I went thru the priority and the security staff would not even look at what is going on and I had to wait a long time until another passenger in the queue took pity on me and let me thru to the security. No point in having a priority lane then?
Jul 26, 2023, 3:50 pm
#192
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Priority Security at ABC
Is obtaining a green sticker still the best method for gaining access to the priority line? Priority-marked boarding passes have been repeatedly rejected at the collapsed ABC security point (or occasionally effective after multiple rounds of CATSA agent roulette as the general line moves forward). Thanks.
Oct 25, 2023, 1:07 pm
#193
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And as of mid-October, they have seemingly reverted partially to the old ways and demand that all NEXUS passengers remove the liquids from their carry-on. I sent a formal complaint to CATSA and they said they would investigate, so let's see how what comes of that. It's literally the first bullet point on the Verified Travellers/CATSA site that liquids stay in the carry-on.
Oct 25, 2023, 5:48 pm
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YYZ T3 this past Monday - the "pre-check" line moved at a snail's pace, although liquids in/shoes on, but laptops out (USA departure), but what was particularly irksome were non-priority customers wandering over to the priority area on their own from the other side of the room, and cutting into the priority line, while the security staff ignored them instead of removing the non-qualified passengers.
Oct 29, 2023, 6:10 am
#195
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YYZ T3 this past Monday - the "pre-check" line moved at a snail's pace, although liquids in/shoes on, but laptops out (USA departure), but what was particularly irksome were non-priority customers wandering over to the priority area on their own from the other side of the room, and cutting into the priority line, while the security staff ignored them instead of removing the non-qualified passengers.