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Jan 4, 2003 | 8:23 pm

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shuuy

Join Date: Apr 2002

Location: +61

Programs: previous hero, now zero

Posts: 5,855

There is no such thing as a mileage run from Canada. Why? Because taxes absolutely kill any good deal. See:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?M245637F2

($6 return fare becomes $89.27 after tax)

In addition, AC Aeroplan offers 0 miles on consolidator (read: student-class) fares, and only offers 50% status miles on super cheap fares on domestic flights (75% on Vclass or higher).

see: https://www.aeroplan.com/en/collect/air_air_canada.jsp

So while all you DL flyers 'complain' about your status miles decreasing on cheap fares, it has been this way in Canada for the past 2 years +.

But I'm not bitter.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Super Larry:
Thanks for all the answer so far! It definitely helps me understand better.

Now let add a little bit of multi-culturalism!!

We are always making the calculations in US$. Would it be safe to assume that a MR at a cost of 3.6 centsUS per miles that translate into 5.2 centsCAN is still a good deal for a canadian citizen?

Probably my fellow canadians would know the answer...

[This message has been edited by Super Larry (edited 01-04-2003).]</font>

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