What regular, commercial international flight requires a check-in at least 3 hours before departure?
3 hours is a pretty common recommendation or even requirement these days with extra security everywhere.
What regular, commercial international flight requires (not recommmends) a check-in at least 3 hours before departure?
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Depending on your definition of Requires and of Check In, Air Canada says:
In the "When you should check in" for flights "From Algiers (Algeria), Casablanca (Morocco) and Tel Aviv (Israel)" - 180 minutes. It's true that checkin only closes 1 hour before the flight leaves, but if everyone showed up 1 hour before the flight left, some of them would not get checked in. Does "should" mean "requires"? You tell me.
Further, the same page says (twice!) that when flying "To the U.S. From Toronto Pearson",
For departures before 10 am, wait times are longer than usual at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Canadian Air Transport Security Association (CATSA) pre-board screening. You should arrive at the airport three (3) hours before your flight's scheduled departure time. Pre-board security screening for departures to the U.S. opens at 4:00 AM.
I routinely arrive at Pearson 3 hours before my flight leaves. Yes, I usually then spend about an hour at the gate area, mostly because I have Nexus and thus get the express security lanes and a quicker experience if I'm preclearing to the US. But sometimes it's a little less than an hour. I don't find 3 hours an unusual recommendation.
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Do you have to check-in 3 hours early for international flights?
As a rule of thumb, you need to be at the airport at least 3 hours before the official time of departure when flying international. That's what the US Transportation Security Administration advises to air passengers.What is the required check-in time for international flights?
When you're traveling outside of the United States, we make the suggestion to arrive at least 3 hours prior to your departure. You must be checked in at least 1 hour before your scheduled departure. Additionally, we recommend being at the gate and ready to board 45 minutes before your scheduled departure time.Why do I have to check-in 3 hours before flight?
There are two factors the airlines use to determine their recommendations on how early you should show up at the airport before any flight: the time it takes for a checked bag to get to the plane from the counter and how long it takes a passenger to get to the gate from the counter.Can I check-in 2 hours before an international flight?
You can check-in online or from the app starting 24 hours before and up to 45 minutes before departure (90 for international). To check-in and check bags at the airport, you must be there a certain amount of time before scheduled departure: Within the U.S. \u2013 45 minutes.FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT? : Travel Tip, Airport Walk, Flight Preparation | Jen Barangan
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