CX 888 YVR Stopover: No Holding Pen?
Mar 8, 2018, 6:12 am
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CX 888 YVR Stopover: No Holding Pen?
Hi All,
I'll be flying CX 888 HKG-JFK via YVR in J. I've flown this before, and don't exactly like the holding pen situation that they have set up in YVR, as I won't be able to buy some much-needed Canadian duty free. Is there enough time to clear Canadian immigration and hit the duty free shops in YVR before boarding with the rest of the YVR-JFK pax?
I'll be flying CX 888 HKG-JFK via YVR in J. I've flown this before, and don't exactly like the holding pen situation that they have set up in YVR, as I won't be able to buy some much-needed Canadian duty free. Is there enough time to clear Canadian immigration and hit the duty free shops in YVR before boarding with the rest of the YVR-JFK pax?
Mar 8, 2018, 9:06 am
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I am not even sure if you could clear. I took 888 back from YVR to JFK last week, and the HKG pax were all staying in a closed room. YVR-originated pax won't allow to access after they boarded the plane.
If you were allowed, I believe there is enough time (but still very tight). The immigration clears very fast at YVR, and by the time 888 boards, the security line should be very short.
If you were allowed, I believe there is enough time (but still very tight). The immigration clears very fast at YVR, and by the time 888 boards, the security line should be very short.
Mar 8, 2018, 9:11 am
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From experience there’s no-one checking BPs if you follow the YVR arrivals path on disembarkation.
Re-entering airside might be an issue as your BP only states HKG > JFK, not HKG > YVR then YVR > JFK.
Re-entering airside might be an issue as your BP only states HKG > JFK, not HKG > YVR then YVR > JFK.
Mar 8, 2018, 5:41 pm
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And if you want to get two separate boarding pass you could ask at HKG check in counter for them to allocate you into different seat for HKGYVR and YVRJFK
Mar 10, 2018, 12:16 am
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Last time I tried to do this, they teared the left (bigger) portion of the YVRJFK boarding pass and only stapled the stub on the HKGYVR boarding pass. I believe this is intended to prevent people from using the YVRJFK as a standalone boarding pass.
Mar 10, 2018, 2:11 am
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Another time was in ICN, the flight was ICN to HKG via TPE, I booked the ticket as ICN to HKG but at check in counter, the staff gave me two boarding passes (same seat) and two lounge invitations (ICN and TPE) and told me usually it would be just one boarding pass and she didn’t know why the system seperated into two.
Mar 10, 2018, 4:46 am
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Interestingly this was not the case for me. But I was given two boarding passes as I was partially upgraded for YVRJFK. I got two entire boarding passes. This was few years ago so things may change.
Another time was in ICN, the flight was ICN to HKG via TPE, I booked the ticket as ICN to HKG but at check in counter, the staff gave me two boarding passes (same seat) and two lounge invitations (ICN and TPE) and told me usually it would be just one boarding pass and she didn’t know why the system seperated into two.
Mar 10, 2018, 7:14 am
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What do you mean by YVR originated pax won't allow access after they boarded the plane?
Mar 10, 2018, 7:17 am
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On another note, why would it be bad for people to use the YVR/JFK boarding pass as a standalone boarding pass? I don't see any downsides to that.
Mar 10, 2018, 9:46 am
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Mar 10, 2018, 2:02 pm
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Note that all these airport restrictions has nothing to do with CX but with US government regulations which they IMPOSED on Vancouver to do.
Mar 10, 2018, 4:45 pm
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So I was taking the 888 from YVR to JFK. We were not allowed access a locked/secured room, until the HKG-originated 888 pax boarded first in that room. I don't believe they were allowed to leave that secured room.
Mar 14, 2018, 1:11 am
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Ah yes. The (rather pointless) security interview where they ask U.S Citizens why they’re returning to the U.S. AVESCO did it at HKG, everyone had to go through a dedicated check-in and get a sticker on the back of their passport. Where does it happen at YVR?
