Flying out of Canada
May 15, 2022 | 4:13 pm
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Flying out of Canada
A thought I have. I've been looking at rewards (or cash if cheap enough) to fly to Europe out of Canada. I only live about 3 hours from a Canadian airport. Is it allowable to drive to Canada with the purpose of flying from a Canadian airport? This would theoretically skip the return testing requirement as land or sea border requires no testing.
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May 15, 2022 | 4:19 pm
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A thought I have. I've been looking at rewards (or cash if cheap enough) to fly to Europe out of Canada. I only live about 3 hours from a Canadian airport. Is it allowable to drive to Canada with the purpose of flying from a Canadian airport? This would theoretically skip the return testing requirement as land or sea border requires no testing.
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May 15, 2022 | 5:14 pm
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yes, i used to do this often from YVR (i lived ~1 hr from there). even flying from YVR to US itineraries. I have nexus so that helps. the US land border agents sometimes look at you funny but i always say it was much cheaper and quicker (and it was particularly for intl flights).
On OP's question. Yeah no issues.
May 15, 2022 | 5:41 pm
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May 15, 2022 | 9:16 pm
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A thought I have. I've been looking at rewards (or cash if cheap enough) to fly to Europe out of Canada. I only live about 3 hours from a Canadian airport. Is it allowable to drive to Canada with the purpose of flying from a Canadian airport? This would theoretically skip the return testing requirement as land or sea border requires no testing.
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May 17, 2022 | 6:46 am
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A thought I have. I've been looking at rewards (or cash if cheap enough) to fly to Europe out of Canada. I only live about 3 hours from a Canadian airport. Is it allowable to drive to Canada with the purpose of flying from a Canadian airport? This would theoretically skip the return testing requirement as land or sea border requires no testing.
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May 21, 2022 | 11:11 am
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But ya, it has changed quite a while back, so my positioning flights to SEA from DFW changed to YVR before leaving DAL area (currently chilling on Galveston Island, not Vancouver Island).
Jul 14, 2022 | 7:22 pm
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Amtrak goes all the way to SEA or do you mean Seattle in general? Example of where flying out of SEA is much cheaper than YVR to justify the effort, time, and even the Amtrak fare?
Jul 17, 2022 | 2:25 pm
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Amtrak does not go to either YVR or SEA. The best you can do is Pacific Central Station to Tukwila.
We're flying to SYD in November. Award seats out of SEA were less than half the price, so we're flying YVR-SEA the day before. Basically, any time Air Canada is involved, SEA on another airline will be cheaper.
We're flying to SYD in November. Award seats out of SEA were less than half the price, so we're flying YVR-SEA the day before. Basically, any time Air Canada is involved, SEA on another airline will be cheaper.