Came across this article in The New York Times on airports at the border making room for Canadian fliers. Not surprising, actually. A few of my friends make the trip to Bellingham to fly around the States, especially to Hawaii. It is considerably cheaper.
At one point there was talk of instituting a border crossing fee for Canadians traveling to the States. Actually, I think a study is being done, but the mere mention of being charged a fee had Canadians up in arms, not to mention border towns like Bellingham who get a fair amount of business from the north.
What I didn’t know, though, was that Frontier flies in and out of Bellingham. Frontier flies to Milwaukee, which is closer than O’Hare. The trick, though, is getting to Bellingham since I don’t have a car.