It's a weird legal no-mans land past the pre-clearance areas. While you've been pre-cleared to enter the US, you are still very much in Canada (legally speaking.) But conversely, when entering through Canada-Customs, you do not have the rights as a Canadian. If they want to give you a rubber-glove search for drugs, you don't have the 'right' to speak to a lawyer, as you forfeited the rights when you 'left Canada.' I think reasonable common sense has always prevailed, and this has never been tested. Matthew http://www.redmac.ca - Getting Canadian's their Macintosh accessories http://www.justaddanoccasion.com - Great gift ideas, featuring smoked salmon On Feb 4, 2004, at 11:50 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote: > That is correct Baha. Once you have precleared U.S. Customs you are > technically in the United States so if you wanted to catch a flight to > YVR, > you would have to re-enter Canada by clearing Canada Customs. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Matthew Sheren > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:15 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Transborder Question > > > Bahadir Acuner wrote: > >> Say that I checked in to my flight for YUL-ORD and went through the US >> Customs. Is there any chance for me to catch the YUL-YVR flight after >> I >> clear US Customs, just in case my YUL-ORD flight gets cancelled? >> > Yes, but the only way out of the Transborder finger is through Canadian > customs (as told to me by an AC rep a few years ago when I asked the > very > same question). You would need to re-enter Canada before going into > the > Domestic section of the airport. You would then need to do US Customs > at > YVR, obviously. Matthew :) > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.574 / Virus Database: 364 - Release Date: 29/01/2004 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.574 / Virus Database: 364 - Release Date: 29/01/2004