Is there no 'priority' security or the equivalent of 'TSA pre-check' with international-to-USA connections?

Recently flew ICN-YVR-SEA, and I can say that the connection was easy except for the security part. I already took out my medical device and laptop and placed it in the trays (don't have to do the former in the US), and it was still sent for secondary inspection. I hate the fact that I am putting my clean equipment on trays the touch the muddy soles of shoes. Add to that the fact that on secondary screening, people were jostling to be next with no enforcement of a line. Also, agents are constantly screaming at you.

Had a similar bad experience a year and a half ago when I drove to YVR instead of SEA. Someone here pointed out that there is actually a special 'priority' security line for YVR-originating passengers. I wonder if there is one for connections?

It's been a a couple of years or so since I've originated an Int'l flight at YVR, so don't know that, but I can tell you there is NO priority security line at pre clearance to US :(

Do you mean when connecting to a US-bound flight? Or originating in YVR? If the latter, there is definitely a priority security line before US pre-clearance for Nexus and GE card holders. Unless I am misunderstanding what you mean?

Again, it's been years since I've originated at YVR (and don't really remember), so that would mean connecting.

Gotcha. I thought I might have been reading it wrong. There is definitely a priority security line for Nexus/GE when originating at YVR.

So flying YYZ-YVR and connecting to LAS next week, is it faster to stay airside and follow connection signs to USA and do security (non-nexus) and pre-clearance, or after landing from YYZ, leave secure area, go to priority/nexus security and then to pre-clearance?

Carry on only. NEXUS holder.

I'd leave the secure area. The last time I went through connection security to the US (in 2023), I had to take off my shoes too.

Thanks, that is the hassle I am trying to avoid. I will leave and go out and back in through priority line.

Only reason to go the DTITTB route is so you can use the lounges in the int'l area if you have time and have access.

Leaving Vancouver Airport During Layover
 

Later this year my partner and I will be flying return from Sydney to Whitehorse via Vancouver, with 12+ hour layovers both times. I presume that on the first flight we will have to collect luggage at Vancouver but on the return flight it will be checked thru to Sydney? Can someone advise me please as to whether in both cases we will be permitted to leave the airport during the layover?

Thanks in advance.

Apologies for posting here but I can't figure out how to start a new thread (not very computer savvy).

Nothing stopping you going landside (as long as you are admissible coming from SYD) in either direction. Depending on airline(s) (need specifics), bags may (most likely if arriving from SYD) go straight through to YXY (listen for the inflight announcement before landing) with no need to claim and recheck at YVR, and will be checked through to SYD on the return. If you choose to go landside, it'll save you time by not having to wait.

Not sure if you are booked to fly 4N (Air North) but it only interlines checked bag (on separate tickets) with AC, CI, PR, DE and AS.

Well, if you have the right to fly to Canada, you most definitely have the right to leave the airport.

But IIRC United has a 12 hour cutoff for checked bags, so it may be possible that other airlines have it as well. i.e., you may not have a choice about picking them up after going through immigration and before customs.

I have a vague memory that there is place where you can leave your luggage at the airport so don't have to schlep it for ten hours or more.

I wanted to provide a data point that the information above is correct. Our flight from AKL arrived at 5:30, and an airport employee directed us to wait in a small area near a staircase down to US transborder security for about a half hour. The connection facility's security checkpoint opened at 6:00. We cleared that, and then were ushered to US customs and went through very quickly with NEXUS.

Sorry if this has already been covered (I did read a bunch of posts.)

I’m traveling FRA-YVR on Condor Air in business class, arriving at 3:50 pm. I have a separately ticketed flight YVR-SFO on Alaska Air in first connecting in SEA. Booked both award tickets with Alaska Air, but have separate PNR’s. Alaska just changed my YVR-SFO flight for the second time, so that I now only have a 95 minute connection in YVR. The new flight departs at 5:25 pm. Is this enough time to clear customs and, I guess security(?), to make the connection? I’ll likely have checked bags. I have Global Entry.

The alternative is to have them book me on a 7:30 pm flight into San Jose which complicates logistics and adds time for getting home, but I don’t think I’ll be protected in case of a misconnect in YVR, so am considering this.

It's not a difficult connection, but I wouldn't try it with checked baggage without a backup flight booked unless you're really confident in DE's on time performance.

It'll be 15-20 minutes after the flight lands for the bags to arrive at the carousel (you should have no issues getting through CBSA before then at that time of day) and then a 5 minute walk to the AS bag drop. If the DE flight is even 15 minutes late you have no hope of meeting AS's bag drop deadline. If you do meet the 60 min bag drop deadline you'll be fine getting through CBP and security.