Originally Posted by Mozzarella
the company I work for has a travel policy that says lowest fare rules (which, in Canada is Tango and its non-status miles. It's not so bad for the US as fun fares usually undercut Tango).
How much choice do you have on flight times. One way to avoid tango fares is to check online first for flights where tango is already sold out and request those specific flights...
Originally Posted by Mozzarella
Supplemental question - has anyone found a way to avoid the 50% restriction on Canada miles by routing a flight through a US city (eg ORD or DEN) to YYC/YVR? Is it possible given open skies restrictions? if so, how does one book it?
The airline cannot sell you a single ticket for such a routing, you can do it yourself by buying two tickets but then you have a lot of pain as a result, no protection for misconnects, huge pain with checked bags and potential hassles with customs. Not worth it.