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I am exhausted -- lack of sleep plus a hectic trip.

The processing of my luggage was delayed in YYZ, or at least the reporting that my luggage was processed was delayed, and YYZ has also re-arranged lines for US immigration, and the Global Entry lines seemed both longer and slower moving than the regular lines -- which is not the intent.

Then, I had to transfer in LA, and unfortunately it seems that Air Canada (at least YYZ -> LAX) arrives at the international section of terminal 1, and United flies domestic out of terminal 7 and/or 8. And to get from one to the next you have to leave the secure zone and take a connector shuttle that fights with ALL of the pickup/drop-off traffic. After waiting 30 minutes and seeing no shuttle, I checked with someone hanging around that it was walkable, and just headed out walking. Gotta be a mile, and in awful air from all the exhaust. Then, of course, back through security again. Just barely made my boarding.

And, of course, I hit bay-area traffic around 3pm for the drive from the airport, up through San Francisco, across the Bay Bridge, and further north along the east-side of the bay.

Date: 2016-11-30 01:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ironphoenix.livejournal.com
Sympathies... that sounds frustrating.

Date: 2016-11-30 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dagibbs.livejournal.com
Thanks.

I was mildly surprised that my luggage made it, given the oddity at Pearson.

Date: 2016-11-30 02:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] also-huey.livejournal.com
In my experience, plane-changes in LAX are always a nightmare. On United and Hawaiian code-shares, they'd be at opposite ends of the terminal. And if you were an Army guy schlepping a couple hundred pounds of bags, that one-mile jog through the diesel fumes is probably the least pleasant air travel experience short of a plane crash.

Date: 2016-11-30 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dagibbs.livejournal.com
Yep, I have learned something from this trip... don't transfer at LAX.

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