Heading Out for the Holidays? Some Airport Tips
Prince George, B.C. – Classes at SD57 schools wrap up today for the Christmas break, and that means many a family will be heading out of town to spend Christmas with family or friends in other locations.
For those planning on catching a flight out of YXS, some extra time at the airport might be a good idea, as this will be a very busy time at Prince George Airport.
The Prince George Airport recommends you check in an hour to an hour and a half before your flight is scheduled to leave. Check in and baggage acceptance with Air Canada, Central Mountain Air and WestJet closes 45 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time.
This is the time of the year when aircrafts may board passengers early so there is time to de-ice the plan before take off. Listen for the security announcements for your flight to ensure you have plenty of time to get through Security.
You will need identification, either one piece of valid government issued photo ID or, two pieces of Government issued ID. If planning to head out of Canada, don’t forget your passport!
Baggage allowances differ depending on your airline, check with your airline to make sure you know what is allowed, and what extra fees may be involved. You should also check your airline to see what the allowance is for carry on baggage.
If you plan on carrying gifts on board your flight, don’t wrap them. Security will want to see just what’s under that beautiful wrapping paper to ensure it’s something that’s allowed on the flight. if you want to avoid re-wrapping, perhaps placing the gift in a gift bag will help. That way the gift can be viewed without destroying a wrapping job.
If connecting to flights , be patient, The weather can impact the arrival and departures of those planes.
Comments
While a good portion of travellers are able to follow the rules or at least smart enough to find out what the CATSA and airline boarding rules are there is and always be a certain percentage that don’t know or listen to the rules. I do find it funny that people who wrap their gifts for carry on are always told that it needs to be unwrapped, put in checked luggage , left in the garbage or give to someone to ship.
Unfortunately these same people always hold up flights too because they don’t listen or learn and they also piss off their fellow passengers with their inability to understand the rules of flying then often choose to argue the point as well
why don’t they hire security with IQ’s above room temp, so the lines can move at a normal pace? Doing a patdown on a 8 yr old girl isn’t doing anyone favors, and isn’t helping anyone but the doofus enjoying the procedure.
Not exactly up on current security trends are you Leroy everybody regardless of age goes through the exact same procedure for pat downs
It is one of the side effects of air travel caused by various security threats throughout the world and the rules are set forth by the federal government.
If you don’t like the way pat downs are done then complain to your MP, ombudsman or to CATSA otherwise learn to deal with it as most countries do the exact same thing with their travellers
Comments for this article are closed.