Alternative to YOW-YYZ?
I was just wondering, from experience, if any of you guys have ever skipped the rapidair route and have done a multi city just for points/segments, that came up near the same price as the direct flight...
Any Suggestions? Example yow-yyz itinery Flight From To Date Depart Arrive Stops Duration Aircraft Fare Type Meal Service AC479 Ottawa, Ottawa Int'l (YOW) Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ) Terminal 1 Mon Apr-11 06:00 07:00 0 1hr00 320 Tango Plus S AC458 Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ) Terminal 1 Ottawa, Ottawa Int'l (YOW) Fri Apr-15 16:10 17:10 0 1hr00 319 Tango Plus T Review final quote details Start a new search Fare Summary VIEW QUOTE DETAILS VIEW QUOTE BRIEF Passenger Type Adult Departing Flight - Tango Plus 309.00 Returning Flight - Tango Plus 269.00 Surcharges NAV 24.00 Taxes, Fees and Charges Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 45.00 Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 14.25 Canada Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST #10009-2287 RT0001) RC 85.96 Total airfare and taxes before options (per passenger) 747.21 Number of passengers 1 Grand Total - Canadian dollars $747.21 CAD Convert currency for informational purpose only Total charge for 1 adult Departing Flight (Tango Plus) 309.00 Returning Flight (Tango Plus) 269.00 Options 0.00 Taxes, fees, charges and surcharges 169.21 Grand Total - Canadian dollars $747.21 CAD Convert currency for informational purpose only |
Some fun I had!
Flight From To Date Depart Arrive Stops Duration Aircraft Fare Type Meal Service AC113 Ottawa, Ottawa Int'l (YOW) Calgary (YYC) Sun Apr-17 07:25 09:40 0 9hr35 E90 Tango Plus L F AC211 Calgary (YYC) Vancouver, Vancouver Int'l (YVR) Terminal M Sun Apr-17 11:10 11:32 0 320 Tango Plus L AC8125* Vancouver, Vancouver Int'l (YVR) Terminal M Portland (PDX) Sun Apr-17 12:45 14:00 0 DH3 Tango Plus L AC8126* Portland (PDX) Vancouver, Vancouver Int'l (YVR) Terminal M Sun Apr-17 17:45 18:58 0 9hr05 DH3 Tango Plus T AC156 Vancouver, Vancouver Int'l (YVR) Terminal M Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ) Terminal 1 Sun Apr-17 22:30 05:50 +1 day 0 321 Tango Plus T F AC464 Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ) Terminal 1 Ottawa, Ottawa Int'l (YOW) Fri Apr-22 19:10 20:10 0 1hr00 319 Tango Plus L F: Food for purchase onboard All Onboard Café purchases made on board Air Canada flights are payable only with Visa, MasterCard and American Express credit cards. *Operated by Jazz Review final quote details Start a new search Fare Summary VIEW QUOTE DETAILS Passenger Type Adult Flight 1 - Airfare (Tango Plus) 209.00 Flight 2 - Airfare (Tango Plus) 205.00 Flight 3 - Airfare (Tango Plus) 139.00 Surcharges NAV 27.00 Taxes, Fees and Charges Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 45.00 U.S.A Transportation Tax US 32.10 U.S Agriculture Fee XA 4.92 Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 24.21 U.S Passenger Facility Charge XF 4.43 Canada Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST #10009-2287 RT0001) RC 5.85 Canada Goods and Services Tax (GST/HST #10009-2287 RT0001) XG 30.21 September 11 Security Fee AY 2.46 U.S.A Immigration User Fee XY 6.89 Total airfare and taxes before options (per passenger) 736.07 Number of passengers 1 Grand Total - Canadian dollars $736.07 CAD Total charge for 1 adult Flight 1 - Airfare (Tango Plus) 209.00 Flight 2 - Airfare (Tango Plus) 205.00 Flight 3 - Airfare (Tango Plus) 139.00 Options 0.00 Taxes, fees, charges and surcharges 183.07 Grand Total - Canadian dollars $736.07 CAD |
6 segments instead of 2, 5899 status miles versus 1000, road trip anyone?
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Dec 31 2009 I did a red-eye MR YOW-YYZ-YVR-YYZ for ~$500 instead of the 150 it would have cost me for YOW-YYZ, to qualify for E. All my friends thought i was crazy, they still bring it up even now. But i dont regret it.
There were probably cheaper US MR options, but I didnt want to explain what I was doing to customs....twice. |
That's amazing. How did you find the routing/book it??
I thought I was being intense by doing yow-yul-yyz tomorrow instead of yow-yyz direct :) Now I have MR envy... |
It was actually 2 one-ways, to YVR and from YVR. So I was praying I was going to catch my flight back in time
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