I don't handle flying well so I rarely fly into Canada.
I've done it twice, once with United and once with Porter.
United wanted me to scan both my US Passport and Canadian PR card when I was boarding when I checked in at the airport (I wasn't able to check in online due to some other issue.) Since PRs are suppose to enter Canada with their PR cards when traveling by air, this makes sense.
However, when I checked in online with Porter, they just needed my US passport. Not my PR card (even though I said my country of residence is Canada). It's odd that they wouldn't ask about the PR card. No one at the departing airport ever asked for it either, I didn't need to take it out until I got to the kiosk after the plane landed in Canada.
I wonder what would have happened if I had forgotten my PR card and left it behind before heading to the airport. I do have a copy of my eCOPR on my phone as well as pictures of the front and back of my PR card on my phone, but would that have made a difference?
Also found out that Porter only allows check-in online for international flights for US passport and Canadian passport holders, so maybe they do check it for other nationalities when checking in at the airport. Obviously, Canadian passport holders don't and can't have valid PR cards, so perhaps this is only applicable to US passport holders.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
I've done it twice, once with United and once with Porter.
United wanted me to scan both my US Passport and Canadian PR card when I was boarding when I checked in at the airport (I wasn't able to check in online due to some other issue.) Since PRs are suppose to enter Canada with their PR cards when traveling by air, this makes sense.
However, when I checked in online with Porter, they just needed my US passport. Not my PR card (even though I said my country of residence is Canada). It's odd that they wouldn't ask about the PR card. No one at the departing airport ever asked for it either, I didn't need to take it out until I got to the kiosk after the plane landed in Canada.
I wonder what would have happened if I had forgotten my PR card and left it behind before heading to the airport. I do have a copy of my eCOPR on my phone as well as pictures of the front and back of my PR card on my phone, but would that have made a difference?
Also found out that Porter only allows check-in online for international flights for US passport and Canadian passport holders, so maybe they do check it for other nationalities when checking in at the airport. Obviously, Canadian passport holders don't and can't have valid PR cards, so perhaps this is only applicable to US passport holders.
Anyone else have a similar experience?