YVR WS Connection Time
Jul 18, 2022, 8:23 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: YYJ
Posts: 178
YVR WS Connection Time
We are connecting from LGW to YYJ on WS in Premium in late August. Flight from LGW scheduled to arrive in YVR at 1315 and we have an 1 hour and 25 min connection time to catch flight to YYJ.
I believe we will have to re-clear security after going through customs. We have Nexus so that should get us into priority security lanes.
I have not been through YVR lately. Any comments as to whether this connection time is doable given current conditions?
I am debating asking WS to change us to later YYJ flight which will result in layover of about 4 hours.
I believe we will have to re-clear security after going through customs. We have Nexus so that should get us into priority security lanes.
I have not been through YVR lately. Any comments as to whether this connection time is doable given current conditions?
I am debating asking WS to change us to later YYJ flight which will result in layover of about 4 hours.
Jul 22, 2022, 6:56 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2020
Posts: 141
You don't have to re-clear security in YVR. Follow the signs for "Canada Connections" in the arrivals hall after customs, and proceed directly to your next gate.
It's a tight(er) connection by the standards set forth in the last few months, but YVR is also a lot quicker to transit in than the horror stories coming out of YYZ/YUL. If your flight arrives on time, you will have no trouble making your connection with Nexus.
Whether you wish to pay +/- fare difference (and potentially change fees depending on when you booked) for re-accommodation onto a later flight, which they would do anyways if you ended up mis-connecting, is up to you.
It's a tight(er) connection by the standards set forth in the last few months, but YVR is also a lot quicker to transit in than the horror stories coming out of YYZ/YUL. If your flight arrives on time, you will have no trouble making your connection with Nexus.
Whether you wish to pay +/- fare difference (and potentially change fees depending on when you booked) for re-accommodation onto a later flight, which they would do anyways if you ended up mis-connecting, is up to you.
Jul 22, 2022, 9:46 pm
#4
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
Posts: 1,444
Unless the process has changed in YVR, you just have to do a video identification of your bag that US customs displays on the screen as it travels on the transfer belt.
Jul 23, 2022, 12:13 pm
#5
Join Date: May 2020
Posts: 141
OP is connection from non-US intl to Canada. I don't think the CBSA is that advanced.