WestJet flight from YEG to LAX
May 28, 2012, 9:13 pm
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 20
If someone has not flown from YEG they should not answer the question. I will respect my own comment as I have not flown since the new section opened but note in the link below that you now leave your checked bags at check in!
http://www.flyeia.com/expansion2012.aspx
Also, Westjet leaves at 9 am. I would not suggest arriving 2.5 hours early as you WILL then get the tail end of the rush time. Arrive 90-120 minutes before departure and you will be fine.
http://www.flyeia.com/expansion2012.aspx
Also, Westjet leaves at 9 am. I would not suggest arriving 2.5 hours early as you WILL then get the tail end of the rush time. Arrive 90-120 minutes before departure and you will be fine.
Once you check in at the Westjet desk and your bags are tagged, you take your luggage with you to security. Right before security, there is a luggage drop off point where you place your own luggage on the conveyor belt. You then walk up to security and go through that process before you get in line for customs. Once you have cleared customs, you'll walk down a long hallway to the US departures area.
Check-in
Carry my bags and drop them off before security
Security
Customs
Wait in the Departure Lounge
What you said, however, conflicts with what is said in the link given by Atlaflyer. The link says you drop the bags off at check-in. Hmm..
Regardless, it's not a big issue either way. I'll figure it out there. Thanks guys!
May 29, 2012, 7:46 am
#17
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 980
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May 29, 2012, 11:06 pm
#18
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: YEG
Programs: AC*SE, Marriott Plat, Natl Exec, NEXUS
Posts: 437
Okay so:
Check-in
Carry my bags and drop them off before security
Security
Customs
Wait in the Departure Lounge
What you said, however, conflicts with what is said in the link given by Atlaflyer. The link says you drop the bags off at check-in. Hmm..
Regardless, it's not a big issue either way. I'll figure it out there. Thanks guys!
I think they say what they do on the website so people know they don't have to take their bags through US
Pre clearance anymore. By the way, if you are looking at the map, security is right as you enter the US Customs area. It isn't that clear on the map.
I also second the PP who said not to be 2.5 hours early. There are a lot of flights between 6 am and 8 am and the area is crowded. It starts to thin out after 7, so definitely no more than 2 hours ahead.
May 29, 2012, 11:53 pm
#19
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 20
It is a bit odd that the website says drop at check in. I've been through there a few times since the new terminal opened earlier this year and you do take your bags to a bag drop after check in. If you look at the terminal map on the YEG website you will see this separation of the check in counters and bag drop.
I think they say what they do on the website so people know they don't have to take their bags through US
Pre clearance anymore. By the way, if you are looking at the map, security is right as you enter the US Customs area. It isn't that clear on the map.
I also second the PP who said not to be 2.5 hours early. There are a lot of flights between 6 am and 8 am and the area is crowded. It starts to thin out after 7, so definitely no more than 2 hours ahead.
I think they say what they do on the website so people know they don't have to take their bags through US
Pre clearance anymore. By the way, if you are looking at the map, security is right as you enter the US Customs area. It isn't that clear on the map.
I also second the PP who said not to be 2.5 hours early. There are a lot of flights between 6 am and 8 am and the area is crowded. It starts to thin out after 7, so definitely no more than 2 hours ahead.
BTW, did you like the new US Departure Lounge?