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| - I've changed planes in Toronto (YYZ) more times than I have in any American airport in crossing the pond. One of my friends said "you've got a thing for the Maple Leaf Country." I sort of do.
Three words: ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Being Canada's economic engine, Toronto is one ginormous airport with numerous huge terminals and many really long runways. But, over the years, they seem to have their segmentation convoluted for Canadian, trans-border, and international flights. They can't decide what terminal to put them in.
The pros are fewer: large, spacious, newish, dynamic, planes from all over the world, and some of the best people watching in North America given how multicultural it is.
The cons: not connected to Toronto via the subway, under construction at all times, ridiculously long distances to gates, many people who work there don't speak good English, many people who work there don't seem to give a rip including those at the flight counters, and the possible risk of missing a flight.
I will never forget a flight on LH back to the States through YYZ. Two hours and twenty minutes was deemed to have enough cushion for a trans-border connection. Wrong. LH made up the lost time from Frankfurt in the air, but double customs and having to check in AGAIN on a domestic carrier AFTER a shuttle bus ride around the loop road was messed up. I should have been able to throw my luggage onto a belt right after clearing customs and just walked to my flight. Had the flight going to the U.S. not been delayed by some 30 minutes, I would have been sleeping in Toronto that night. They need to streamline things a little more.
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