CBSA CanBorder vs Flight Pass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CBSA CanBorder
Get real-time land border wait times for Canadian and US ports of entry. Plan your trips with estimated best crossing times and get turn-by-turn directions.
- Real-time border wait times
- Select ports of entry
- Trip planner function
- Estimated best crossing times
- Turn-by-turn directions
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Having land border wait times at your fingertips helps you make an informed decision about where and when to cross the border. The CanBorder app provides estimated wait times at select ports of entry in Canada and the United States. Short on time? Use the trip planner function to generate an estimated best day, time and port of entry at which to cross the border, along with turn by turn directions to get you there. The CanBorder app is a free service provided by the Canada Border Services Agency.
Flight Pass
Easily book flights using prepaid flight credits with a user-friendly, one-handed design. Manage your bookings, view your flight passes, and even request upgrades. This app requires an active Flight Pass account.
- Book flights in as few as 6 taps
- Suggests optimal Flight Pass for booking
- Sort flights by duration and time
- Syncs website bookings automatically
- Change or cancel bookings easily
- Request complimentary upgrades
- Manage Flight Pass details and payments
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Welcome to the easiest way to book using a Flight Pass. Please note: You will need to have an active Flight Pass account to use this app. Wondering what a Flight Pass is? A Flight Pass is a prepaid package of one-way flight credits used for travel. Learn more about Flight Passes here: http://flyac.ca/flightpass. BOOK A FLIGHT - Complete a booking in as little as 6 taps of your thumb, with the Flight Pass App’s friendly one-handed design. - Tell us where you’re going, and the Flight Pass App will suggest which one of your passes to use. We took the guesswork out of it, so you can get where you need to go. - Find the perfect flight by quickly sorting through available flights by duration, and time of day. SYNC YOUR BOOKINGS - Book on the website? All of your bookings, just as you’d expect, now appear in the Flight Pass app. Easily see where you’ve been, and where you’re going next. MANAGE YOUR BOOKINGS - Change or cancel your bookings with ease, directly from the Booking Details screen. GET YOUR UPGRADE - Travelling on a Flight Pass that offers complimentary upgrade? Request your upgrade directly in the Flight Pass App (lucky you!) YOUR FLIGHT PASSES - A central place to review all of the Flight Passes you own, administer, or travel on. - See all the details of your Flight Pass, including credit balance, and booking history. - Have a Flight Pass paid over several instalments? Complete your payment directly from the ‘Your Flight Passes’ section. - Have a Flight Pass eligible for extension? Extend your Flight Pass directly from the 'Your Flight Passes' section. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES These functions apply when enabled: - Location: your location data is used to show the closest airport for booking. By pressing the “Install” button or by downloading the app, or setting up your device to do so automatically, you consent to the installation of the app, its future updates and upgrades and to the app Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) that govern the use of the app that are available here: http://www.aircanada.com/en/mobile/tc_ios.html. You can withdraw your consent at any time by uninstalling the app. For help uninstalling the app, please contact us at iphone@aircanada.ca. PRIVACY POLICY By downloading or updating this app, you understand that Air Canada may: collect data about your device in order to serve you the correct software, as well as maintain and develop its services; require that you change some of your device settings to use specific features; collect personal information as detailed in our Privacy Policy. For more information, please see http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/legal/privacy/policy.html Air Canada, PO Box 64239, RPO Thorncliffe, Calgary, Alberta, T2K 6J7 privacy_vieprivee@aircanada.ca
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flight Pass at 4.4 against CBSA CanBorder's 2.2. Flight Pass also leads on ratings volume (189 vs 24) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). CBSA CanBorder's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight Pass holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Pass has 189 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of CBSA CanBorder's written reviews are positive against 20% of Flight Pass's.
CBSA CanBorder ships an update every 4 months, Flight Pass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CBSA CanBorder | Flight Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (24 ratings) | 4.4 (189 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.4% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 189 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canada Border Services Agency | Air Canada |
Customer experience
CBSA CanBorder
Flight Pass
Bugs and requests
CBSA CanBorder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flight Pass
Reported bugs
16 issues- Login page redirect_uri error after updates
- App crashes on iOS 18 and iOS 15.1
- Calendar date picker fails to display or requires excessive scrolling
- Birth date field won't populate or load
- App signs out users unexpectedly
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- Network connection failures on login
- Black screen on app launch
- MFA verification code input not working
- JSON validation error (2035 error)
- App freezes when selecting Flight Pass
- Incorrect flight pass availability display
- Cannot find return flights while one-way flights work
- Specific airport (FLR) booking unavailable
- App stuck on login spinner indefinitely
- Personal information not retained between sessions
- Bad link to phony Air Canada website
Requested features
12 requests- Seat selection functionality
- E-upgrade availability display
- Ability to change seats after booking
- Seat preference options for elite members
- Flight availability viewing without active credits
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- Ability to change frequent flyer number during booking
- Meal preference modification
- Multiple login method options
- Stopover options for multi-leg trips
- Display of all current flight passes and remaining credits
- Boarding pass retrieval within app
- Flight status checking within app
In-app purchases
CBSA CanBorder
No in-app purchases
Flight Pass
No in-app purchases
Questions
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