You should make a deal with your employer that you will pay the difference between TANGO and FUN fares, so you can earn status miles. And if you are willing. In many cases, this represents maybe $50 a trip. Though right now I am seeing many FUN fares on domestic routes that a even a few dollars less than TANGO fares.
Routing through the US will be much more expensive, since you'll have to fork out two sets of US fees since you cannot ticket this as a single itinerary on AC. Sometimes NW shows Canadian transcons by connecting through MSP between YYZ and YEG, YYC or YVR. However, while these did occasionally show up on booking engines like ITN, I am not sure one could actually book such trips.
Last edited by Shareholder; Feb 11, 2005 at 12:29 pm