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Old Sep 26, 2024 | 10:01 am
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Originally Posted by tracon
WestJet calculated that the distance from Hawaii to Victoria was 98.84 per cent of the total route from Hawaii to Vancouver, and therefore the “unused portion” of the group’s tickets amounted to 1.16 per cent of the total ticket cost, or $16.17

Amusing argument given that airline pricing typically bears no direct relationship to distance travelled.
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