Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > We could see loved ones off until September 11th. I think that we should still be able to. I see no secutiry risk, as you have to clear security and need a boarding pass to get on a plane. Alarmism is yummy > I thought you pre-cleared customs in Canada and transborder flights were treated as domestic. What happened? Is it a Quebequois thing? While the Quebecois want to be distinctive in damn near everything, it was a Transport Canada thing that allowed no one past security in Canadian airports. For transborder flights, it was a moot point anyway, since most airports that have flights to the US (the few exceptions that I can think of are Victoria, London, Halifax, and Kelowna, but that's by no means exhaustive) also have pre-clearance, so in order to get to the gate, you'd have to legally enter the United States, and then re-enter Canada as you left, which isn't happening. At Dorval, you can see off a departing US passenger as far as the checkpoint where someone checks your boarding pass, ID slip, and passport at the entrance to US Customs. Returning to Canada, you clear Canadian customs at your arrival point. Not all US airports allowed non-pax to the gates, either; the barrier at the Port Authority airports (EWR, LGA, JFK) has been the security checkpoint for as long as I can remember. In fact, when I traveled YUL-ORD in January of 2001, I had forgotten completely that you could actually be met at the gates (my home airport is EWR), and I walked, head down, right past the people who were picking me up, since I thought that I'd just see them at baggage claim. Matthew :)