pokee@shaw.ca wrote:
> I will be taking a flight from Vancouver to Houston and connecting in
> Calgary. The connect time is around 50 minutes. I asked the flight
> reservation agent if this connect time was sufficient and she said YES
> because the bags are checked all the way from Vancouver to Houston, so
> I would just have to go directly from the arrival gate to the departure
> gate.
That would mean you go thru US customs in Vancouver. So I would think
that she is correct.
>
> The thing I don't understand is, the last time I took a flight from
> Canada to the US connecting in a Canadian city that had a US Departures
> customs, I had to wait for my bags, stand in line and walk with them
> through customs, and them place them on the US-bound bags carousel,
> proceed through security, then to my gate. Mind you, this was almost
> 10 years ago, so maybe regulations on this have changed.
>
> I just looked up the Calgary airport - and they do have a US Customs
> for US-bound flights. Great....
>
> Can anyone share their experience connecting at a Canadian airport
> having to go through US Customs (specifically Calgary)? I am concerned
> that the reservation agent may be mistaken (although I am sure Air
> Canada would not sell this as a connecting flight if they didn't think
> it was do-able - but you never know).
>
> Thanks,
> Paula
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