Security in YVR experiences?
Jan 15, 2010, 6:06 am
#1
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Security in YVR experiences?
I will be flying next week JFK-YVR next week.
Is security as crazy as at YYZ?
Any tips? I only have a laptop and small handbag ( stuffed to the brim!)
I know the counter opens at 6:30- so more then enough time to get on the flight ( one would hope!).
Thanks in advance.
Is security as crazy as at YYZ?
Any tips? I only have a laptop and small handbag ( stuffed to the brim!)
I know the counter opens at 6:30- so more then enough time to get on the flight ( one would hope!).
Thanks in advance.
Jan 15, 2010, 8:14 am
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Join Date: May 2009
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I will be flying next week JFK-YVR next week.
Is security as crazy as at YYZ?
Any tips? I only have a laptop and small handbag ( stuffed to the brim!)
I know the counter opens at 6:30- so more then enough time to get on the flight ( one would hope!).
Thanks in advance.
Is security as crazy as at YYZ?
Any tips? I only have a laptop and small handbag ( stuffed to the brim!)
I know the counter opens at 6:30- so more then enough time to get on the flight ( one would hope!).
Thanks in advance.
Jan 15, 2010, 8:42 am
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Security would be peak during day times. As the YVR-JFK is departing later at night, security would not be that bad.
Jan 15, 2010, 9:02 am
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Horrid!!!
Last 2 times (since they redid the security setup) double screening with them going thru EVERYTHING twice!
Jan 15, 2010, 11:38 am
#6
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No, JFK is typically good, I never had to wait more than 5 minutes to go through security. In fact I'm so spoiled by JFK Terminal 7 (outbound) that I get restless in HKG when I had to wait in line to go through customs.
Jan 18, 2010, 4:40 pm
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Do you mean post CATSA rules? I posted a thread earlier asking about this, but nobody seems to have responded:
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Since the Cathay flights leave from the international terminal instead of the U.S. terminal I was wondering how they were handling the CATSA restrictions for flights to the US now.
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Since the Cathay flights leave from the international terminal instead of the U.S. terminal I was wondering how they were handling the CATSA restrictions for flights to the US now.
Jan 18, 2010, 5:05 pm
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I just flew in and out of YVR with Cathay and did not experience any difficulties. Security for YVR departures was just the normal American-style security. Mind you my departure was late at night so queues would be shorter anyway.
Jan 18, 2010, 9:01 pm
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Were you flying YVR-JFK or YVR-HKG? What type of carry-ons did they allow you to take? The CATSA restrictions are supposedly for all flights to the US - but not to other destinations.