Originally Posted by YYZZYY

Ok so I planned an 8-segment run this weekend and thought I'd provide some feedback.
I planned for YTZ-YUL-YOW-YHZ-YQM and then back the following day. First flight would leave at noon Saturday, and I would land back in Toronto around 6pm Sunday.

1) This is a laborious itinerary. Oh my god is it ever. The constant sitting and waiting proved to me too much for me, and I ended up getting on standby and skipping one segment on the return.

2) Plan to spend the night at a hotel at the destination. I chose to sleep in the airport. BAAAAAD choice. The bench is uncomfortable, the lights never go out, and people don't leave till about 1am, but start coming in at 4:30am. Plus, in mid-October without any body heat, it got pretty chilly in the lonely airport.

4) If you do choose to spend the night at the airport, since you'll woken up super early anyways, spring for the earliest flight back.

3) If you can plan it, minimize the layover time, especially considering this is all domestic. Longest distance I had to walk was from one side of YHZ to the other, which is about 5 minutes.

5) Having lounge access would have been helpful in case of long layovers. I do not have status currently (have had it in the past) and had to spend all my time in the boarding area.

It was a pretty brutal experience, and with the standby change, I ended up netting 7 segments in just under 24 hours and $400. Hopefully I won't have to do it again next year!