StephPlum
DIS Veteran
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- Feb 1, 2011
Thanks for the details. My layover is almost 2 hours in Toronto. I might just see if anything else looks better.We flew from Philadelphia to Halifax with a layover in Toronto a few months ago. Return trip was Halifax - Montreal - Philadelphia. We cleared customs in Toronto very quickly and did not need to retrieve any bags; however, I believe the customs agent does reserve the right to ask you to collect bags. On the return trip since your first leg is within Canada, you'll clear US customs in Montreal. We had a one hour layover in Montreal and only made our flight from Montreal to Philadelphia because that flight was delayed. Even with strategically selecting seats at the front of the plane from Halifax to Montreal, customs took quite a while to go through in Montreal. Although you don't need to grab your bags, they won't allow you to enter the line to pass customs until all of your bags are accounted for. I wouldn't be comfortable with a layover of anything less than 1.5 to 2 hours if we were doing this trip again. I would suspect it's the same in Toronto for a return trip.
How do they account for your bags if you don’t grab them? I guess my real question is how do you know you can enter the line?