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Old Oct 11, 2006, 1:01 pm
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thefareguru
 
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Originally Posted by Guy Betsy
That certainly doesn't look anything like the fare calculation !

Isn't it:
YVR-YEA-YYC-YWG-YYZ-LHR-YOW-YHZ-YOW-YUL-YWG-YYC-YEA-YXE-YEA-YVR ?
Hey, come on, WT, this is a Galileo autoquote. They seem to prefer the city code rather than the airport code.

And as for the comments on the routing by yyz_atc_qq, the problem eastbound is that all flights into Saskatchewan from YEG are in the late afternoon, and you don't want to miss the opportunity to earn cheap miles YEG-YYC, so this ends up requiring an overnight in Calgary unless you have the stamina to do a redeye YYC-YYZ which I would choose not to do for health reasons.

Another problem if you want to do the entire routing eastbound are the flights in and out of YHZ which tend to be rather full. In the end, you really have to count the costs and benefits. Each segment adds a lot of fuel surcharge, and each overnight costs a hotel unless you're mtacchi.
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