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Ranger03
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posted 17 May 2004 12:09 PM
quote: I have one word for you: WESTJETUnbeatable prices, great jokes, and you can buy your tickets online.
Don't be silly, all airlines offer the same rates (unless they are Chartered flights). What you must be aware of is there are a given number of most fares on an aircraft(all airlines including WJ). Once the cheaper fares are gone the fare appears to have gone up but it hasn't they have just been taken. Call or book on-line as far in advance as possible so the cheap fares are not gone, this also allows you to shop around for dep/arr times best suited to you.
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Anchoress
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posted 17 May 2004 11:21 PM
quote: Originally posted by HeywoodFloyd:
Unless, of course, you're also sending a message to a particular company about their customer service. If you are, then GO WESTJET!
Yeah, exactly. I'd fly WestJet even if AC offered to pay me to fly their carrier.
From: Vancouver babblers' meetup July 9 @ Cafe Deux Soleil! | Registered: Nov 2003
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No Yards
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posted 18 May 2004 10:19 AM
quote: Originally posted by Cougyr:
That's my requirement, no US connecting flights. Partly I'm fed up with the problems with US border guards; partly I see no reason to stop there if I'm not going there.
If you are a Canadian citizen (born in a western country) you will probably not have a problem, but my wife and daughter are Asian, and because my daughter (11 years old at the time) didn't have a transit visa (my wife had a 10 year US visa,) they wre thrown in a holding cell, under armed guard, until their connecting flight was ready to leave. The transit visa wasn't legally required. I checked with the ticket agent, the air-lines, and the US embassy (at $2.99 a minute on a fucking toll phone service, the money grubbing bastard liers,) who all told me on stop-overs under 8 ours a transit visa was not required . . .don't ever "misunderestimate" the lack of knowledge, or pure hateful spite of US customs.
From: Defending traditional marriage since June 28, 2005 | Registered: Jun 2003
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Mandos
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posted 18 May 2004 10:33 AM
I dunno about other people, but I took AC on a trip to the US last year, and thus was in four AC planes (one stopover at Pearson there and back). Frankly, I didn't have a problem with AC. Especially after a few plane rides this year on two or three different US carriers, which were significantly worse than AC The worst part of the AC trip was Pearson, and AC can hardly be blamed for that. My flight last year from a certain US city to Pearson, for instance, had a great flight attendant, who was very friendly and gave me and my seatmate some drink mixing tips, with the requisite drinks too. (I didn't need the tips, since they involved booze.) Leaving Pearson, we got great ice cream. The airplanes were clean. By contrast, the US carriers' airplanes were often pretty dirty, small seats, they only served horrible pretzels, the drink selection was poor, and the flight attendants (except one, I guess) were largely indifferent. However, they were cheaper than taking AC, and the flights were short and thus tolerable. You get what you pay for. At least the stopovers/airports were much better than Pearson *shudder*. Detroit's airport was amusingly trippy, actually.
From: There, there. | Registered: Jun 2001
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Hinterland
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posted 18 May 2004 01:21 PM
My worst experience has always been with American Airlines, although I've had one or two unpleasant experiences with Air Canada. What bugged me the most with AA was when I lived in the Caribbean, and either took AA into Miami and then to Canada, or Air Canada directly to Toronto.Caribbean people have a pretty different attitude towards time, and the delays and requirements for showing up at the airport ahead of schedule were significant even before 9/11. But with Air Canada, the ground crew would do a whole variety of things to speed up the process, such as checking with individuals in line to make sure they had everything that would be required for check-in, etc. American Airlines didn't seem to do anything but get all snotty and curt with the passengers when the flight, yet again, left 45 mins to an hour late. And I found the planes dirty, even in Business class. Also, I'm pretty sure Air Canada pulled this trick a lot; they'd overestimate the time of arrival by at least 45 minutes to an hour, so when the flight was late in departing, we'd still arrive on time, or sometimes even early. One of the best coach flights I've ever had was with El Al. I wonder if it's still like that.
From: Québec/Ontario | Registered: Apr 2003
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Ranger03
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posted 18 May 2004 04:06 PM
quote: am amazed at the airline industry though. Like, do they really think that I care if I get peanuts and a soft drink? I want the cheapest fare, its as simple as that.
As you can see below, there are poeple that not only care about the incidentals they are willing to pay more to send out their message. I am quite new here however thought the thread related to cost saving and if in fact you should use e-tickets for international travel. I have seen some of you call people "trolls" is that what I do now?? quote: Unless, of course, you're also sending a message to a particular company about their customer service. If you are, then
quote: Yeah, exactly. I'd fly WestJet even if AC offered to pay me to fly their carrier.
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Willowdale Wizard
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posted 28 May 2004 06:13 AM
canadian affair is a well-kept secret. they do charter flights from canada to britain (london gatwick, birmingham, manchester, edinburgh). booking now for this summer is expensive, but if you book next february for next april, it's, and i'm going to use a technical microeconomic term here, heckuva cheap. one year, my girlfriend and i travelled for $800 cdn roundtrip for the both of us combined.within europe, ryanair and easyjet are the two leading, as john crosbie would say, boodjet airlines.
From: england (hometown of toronto) | Registered: Jan 2003
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Willowdale Wizard
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posted 28 May 2004 11:12 AM
i'll warn you now ... two of the four times that i've used them, they've changed my itinerary. originally, i've booked birmingham-toronto, and they've sent me tickets in the mail saying birmingham-touchdown in edinburgh-toronto, or, i've booked toronto-birmingham, and they've sent me toronto-touchdown in gatwick-birmingham. since it's so cheap, i've just accepted it. you may avoid this if there is more demand on toronto-scotland.
From: england (hometown of toronto) | Registered: Jan 2003
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rob.leblanc
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posted 28 May 2004 11:59 AM
Well, in July 2, I'm planning on going to Europe with a friend of mine. I've been booking tickets all month.....for the international flight (Canada -> Edinbergh, the first stop) I got from a travel agent. that with a return is roughly in the $1200 area, but it depends on when your planning on returning to Canada. And since plane rides throughout Europe are less expensive than train rides (I don't know why, but they are), I've been going to EasyJet a lot.For flights within Canada, I suggest Jetsgo, but I should warn you that friends of mine have lost their luggage with them. other than that, they are pretty good. Or good 'ol Expedia.ca [edited to add: Speaking of the Edinburgh Airport being tiny, it should be noted that I have to stop at Manchester for about an hour before I get to Edinburgh] [ 28 May 2004: Message edited by: rob.leblanc ]
From: Where am I? Where are YOU? | Registered: Apr 2002
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