First time flying to Canada: does the same idiocy apply there as it does here?
Apr 11, 2007 | 11:21 pm
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First time flying to Canada: does the same idiocy apply there as it does here?
Thread title says it all. I'm headed on my first trip to Canada in 2 weeks. Is it pretty much the same as the US or are there any differences I should know about?
Apr 11, 2007 | 11:37 pm
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Canada. Same idiocy, different idiots. Aside from the speed limit signs being in kilometers you'll think you're in the U.S.A..
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Canada. Same idiocy, different idiots. Aside from the speed limit signs being in kilometers you'll think you're in the U.S.A..
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What's ... or should I Google it?
Martin.
Apr 12, 2007 | 6:21 am
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So do everything you do for the TSA minus the shoe carnival and you should be ok in O'Canada land.
For your return, immigration/customs procedures are a bit different; for the major Canadian airports with flights to the US, you'll have to do US immigration/customs clearance in Canada when flying from there to the US. And so after check-in you have to take yourself and all of your luggage past immigration and customs and then hand your bags over for check in.
Apr 12, 2007 | 6:35 am
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Oh, and instead of those food/drug sniffing beagles, they use polar bears and wolverines. Don't try to pat them.
Apr 12, 2007 | 6:52 am
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Shoes don't always -- or even generally -- come off in Canada
It's been a few months since I've gone transborder in YYZ so I can't say whether that holds true there as well.
Apr 12, 2007 | 6:58 am
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I've been through YYZ a lot recently and not once have my shoes come off this year, whether flying from Terminal 1 or 3 at YYZ.
Apr 12, 2007 | 7:54 am
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) and my commented freedom baggie?
For your return, immigration/customs procedures are a bit different; for the major Canadian airports with flights to the US, you'll have to do US immigration/customs clearance in Canada when flying from there to the US. And so after check-in you have to take yourself and all of your luggage past immigration and customs and then hand your bags over for check in.
Apr 12, 2007 | 7:55 am
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Similar practices, but people are friendlier and punctuate statements with "eh". By the way if someone says "Take off your shoes" but it sounds like a question because his or her voice rises at the end of the sentence, it's not a question, that's just the way we talk.
Oh, and instead of those food/drug sniffing beagles, they use polar bears and wolverines. Don't try to pat them.
Apr 12, 2007 | 7:56 am
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Little OT but maybe you guys know: is it permissible to bring cut flowers in from the US on a flight, or would I be better off buying them there? Someone is probably going to be picking me up and I'd like to have flowers for her. I just don't want to run into hassles with customs. Thanks!
Apr 12, 2007 | 8:03 am
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Similar practices, but people are friendlier and punctuate statements with "eh". By the way if someone says "Take off your shoes" but it sounds like a question because his or her voice rises at the end of the sentence, it's not a question, that's just the way we talk.
The guy I dealt with at Niagara Falls was an absolute Bugbear.
Apr 12, 2007 | 8:17 am
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