Alternative to YOW-YYZ?

Old Mar 22, 2011, 1:44 pm
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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



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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
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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
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Old Mar 22, 2011, 2:05 pm
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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


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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
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Old Mar 22, 2011, 2:10 pm
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6 segments instead of 2, 5899 status miles versus 1000, road trip anyone?
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Old Mar 22, 2011, 5:58 pm
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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.
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Old Mar 22, 2011, 6:05 pm
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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...
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Old Mar 22, 2011, 8:20 pm
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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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