Originally Posted by
YVR72
BLI and YVR are a lot closer than those other city pairs you list - and we aren't talking about "some" people. Allegiant flies many flights per week out of BLI, and most of the people on those planes are canucks.
There are no flights out of BLI to Canada, but I bet quite a few people would fly out of there to YYZ if the price was right.
I would agree. It takes me about the same amount of time to drive from home to BLI as it does YVR, including the time to cross the border. If I leave from the office (South Surrey) BLI is even closer. Unless you are crossing during holidays or summer weekends the border lineups are usually minimal. I never wait more than 10 minutes at the border and the last time it was about 30 seconds.
I have flown twice this year out of BLI on AS and have saved about $200 per trip than if I had flown out of YVR. In addition, I stayed overnight at the Hampton Inn paid $89 which included parking and shuttle to the airport which is cheaper than the Hampton at YVR which I often stay at. Most of the people on the SEA-BLI AS flights are Canadian.
As an added bonus, I usually have time to drop into Costco and pick up a few bottles of nice wine for half the price than at BC liquor stores. BTW, I usually bring home 3 or 4 bottles and I have yet to pay duty on the extra bottles.