Check in at Vancouver Airport

[fsdj1097]

Can a recent traveler please relate their experience in checking in at the Vancouver airport before fly back to the states?  How/when do you present your negative COVID test results?  Thanks for your reply.

[Crew News]

1 hour ago, fsdj1097 said:

Can a recent traveler please relate their experience in checking in at the Vancouver airport before fly back to the states?  How/when do you present your negative COVID test results?  Thanks for your reply.

You present all docs at the airline ticket counter.  There is also another form you must complete and hand to the gate boarding agent.

 

Note Alaska airlines does not allow ticket counter check-in until 3 hours before flight.  

Edited June 5, 2022 by Crew News

[fsdj1097]

1 minute ago, Crew News said:

You present all docs at the airline ticket counter.  There is also another form you must complete and hand to the gate boarding agent.

Thanks for your reply.  Is that other form a health assessment?

[Crew News]

1 minute ago, fsdj1097 said:

Thanks for your reply.  Is that other form a health assessment?

If I remember correctly, it just affirms that you have had a COVID test and required vaccinations even though you have already been screened at the ticket counter. 

[em-sk]

13 hours ago, fsdj1097 said:

Can a recent traveler please relate their experience in checking in at the Vancouver airport before fly back to the states?  How/when do you present your negative COVID test results?  Thanks for your reply.

 

If your flying Air Canada, they will accept most of this information at online check-in.  If your vaccination was done in Canada (or other countries with vaccine passports), you scan the QR code and it is immediately processed.  If you were vaccinated in the US or a country that does not use digital vaccine records you upload a photo of the document/card and it pops up a message says it will be reviewed by an agent shortly.  They may still ask to see the originals at the counter.  

 

I have found WestJet is very particular on the spelling of the name when it tries to match the vaccine passport to the flight reservation.  When that happens an agent at the airport has to confirm the records match.

 

Not certain if the US airlines are setup to do this electronically, I suspect it is more manual.

 

[fsdj1097]

Thanks for the replies....what I'm mostly concerned about is whether we'll be able check in for our flights if we haven't uploaded our information to the VERIFLY app.