Flying Internationally PR/ETA Visa Issues

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Mar 21st 2017, 7:19 pm

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beckiwoo

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Re: Flying Internationally PR/ETA Visa Issues

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Originally Posted by CanadianSpruce

If you check the ETA site you'll often see that the ETA is still valid.

Mine says...

'No matches were found using the criteria provided' definitely been cancelled as I doubled checked all the info when I input it in

Mar 21st 2017, 7:19 pm

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Re: Flying Internationally PR/ETA Visa Issues

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Originally Posted by beckiwoo

They are not the best but certainly not the worst either...I would fly with them if their price came out cheaper/better value.

My 'no fly' list is only the infamous budget airline operating out of Dublin.

Ah for me it's United. I've only flown with them 3 times and they've lost my luggage every time.

Mar 21st 2017, 7:20 pm

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CanadianSpruce

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Re: Flying Internationally PR/ETA Visa Issues

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Originally Posted by beckiwoo

Mine says...

'No matches were found using the criteria provided' definitely been cancelled as I doubled checked all the info when I input it in

Ah seems like they cancelled yours correctly then. I'm guessing it just depends on the CBSA officer when you do your landing.

Mar 21st 2017, 7:55 pm

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Re: Flying Internationally PR/ETA Visa Issues

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Originally Posted by CanadianSpruce

Did you have an ETA before you had PR? A lot of people still have valid etas if they became a PR after having one.

no i have been PR for 7 years

Mar 21st 2017, 11:39 pm

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Re: Flying Internationally PR/ETA Visa Issues

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Originally Posted by cbrown89

This is the second time I have had issues checking in to flights coming back to Canada on my PR.

First was a flight with United from Houston to Calgary, they could not check me in because they said I needed a ETA Waiver completed. They had to manually go through the system which added 20 minutes to the whole process.

Yesterday, I was flying Heathrow to Calgary and the same problem happened, this time it took 30 minutes for them to bypass it.

Has anyone else had this issue flying?

I've had the same issues with Delta and United (twice) - all flights from the USA. They always sort it out, but it sure is a waste of time explaining to clueless agents what PR is.

Mar 22nd 2017, 1:19 am

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Re: Flying Internationally PR/ETA Visa Issues

I wonder what it would be like checking in at Nice, France - albeit not a direct flight.

Mar 24th 2017, 9:12 pm

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cbrown89

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Re: Flying Internationally PR/ETA Visa Issues

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Originally Posted by CanadianSpruce

BA told my partner to just put his PR card details where it was asking for a passport and it worked ok. (WestJet say to do the same thing)

If checking in at a kiosk put the pr card in instead of the passport.

I think this is the right thing to do, at check in they said they put my PR number in the passport field.