YVR to YYZ... via YYJ?
Aug 1, 2013, 10:54 am
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YVR to YYZ... via YYJ?
I'm trying to figure out how on earth this is even possible. Starting a trip by flying in the opposite direction, to a smaller airport? Doesn't Air Canada have rules against nonsensical connections?
Of course, given that it seems to be allowed, it earns me an extra 500 miles (for a 12 minute flight!) and there was upgrade space on YYJ-YYZ, I wasn't going to say no...
Of course, given that it seems to be allowed, it earns me an extra 500 miles (for a 12 minute flight!) and there was upgrade space on YYJ-YYZ, I wasn't going to say no...
Aug 1, 2013, 11:04 am
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Heading in the wrong direction to a larger airport makes sense to me -- larger airports have more passengers flowing through them, so airlines can use larger planes, which are cheaper on a per-seat basis. This is why the "hub and spokes" model works, after all.
Usually direct. 
Aug 1, 2013, 2:15 pm
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YVR-YUL-YOW is a regular routing that I have done two or three times. YVR-YYJ-YYZ is unusual.
In many years of flying in and out of YYJ, I have only encountered one person who has connected here. He was doing SFO-YVR and all the direct flights were full, so flew to YYJ instead, with a long layover before continuing on to YVR. Given a choice between killing time in Victoria's MLL (there isn't one) or the ferry, he grabbed a cab to the ferry.
In many years of flying in and out of YYJ, I have only encountered one person who has connected here. He was doing SFO-YVR and all the direct flights were full, so flew to YYJ instead, with a long layover before continuing on to YVR. Given a choice between killing time in Victoria's MLL (there isn't one) or the ferry, he grabbed a cab to the ferry.
Aug 1, 2013, 3:40 pm
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I've often back tracked - the best way is through YQR.
I.e. LAX-YYZ-YQR; SFO-YYZ-YQR; PHX-YYZ-YQR, etc... Saskatchewan has some of the worst people I've ever met - absolutely evil - and possibly the most corrupt legal system in the hemisphere but the mileage runs are fantastic.
I.e. LAX-YYZ-YQR; SFO-YYZ-YQR; PHX-YYZ-YQR, etc... Saskatchewan has some of the worst people I've ever met - absolutely evil - and possibly the most corrupt legal system in the hemisphere but the mileage runs are fantastic.
Aug 1, 2013, 10:20 pm
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Aug 2, 2013, 9:25 am
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Aug 2, 2013, 9:35 am
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