Limited Time only: AC World Pass
Dec 6, 2013, 4:14 pm
#62
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Aeroplan Diamond, SPG Plat, Hilton Gold, Marriott
Posts: 1,839
Dec 6, 2013, 5:11 pm
#63
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: AC MM E50 , Former SPG, now Marriott LT Plat
Posts: 6,258
Dec 6, 2013, 7:55 pm
#64
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC-SE MM
Posts: 1,251
Dec 6, 2013, 10:30 pm
#65
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Body in Downtown YYZ, heart and mind elsewhere
Programs: UA 50K, refugee from AC E50K, Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 5,132
The trouble with that is you'll need to fly YWG-YVR-Asia. I just looked up YWG-YVR-HKG and discovered you have to overnight in YVR to do this. So YYZ-YWG is easy but the rest is less convenient / time consuming.
Dec 6, 2013, 10:35 pm
#66
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: YYC
Posts: 4,035
Couldn't you do YWG-YYZ-HKG? I haven't checked, but I'd have thought if YYC-YYZ-HKG was legal, YWG could do it as well.
Dec 6, 2013, 11:52 pm
#68
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,187
Dec 9, 2013, 7:01 pm
#69
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE 2MM; UA MP Premier Silver; Marriott Bonvoy LT Titanium Elite; Radisson; Avis PC
Posts: 35,255
I find the biggest benefit of FPs is the flexibility to book relatively last second (within a few days let's say), pay usually less than a la carte per flight, and still get the requisite COS.
I find that strictly comparing cost per mile for FPs is not the the way to do it, unless $ is the only thing that drives one's decision.
Dec 9, 2013, 7:44 pm
#70
Join Date: May 2007
Location: YYZ, but my heart is in Asia
Programs: AC-SE, CX-DM, DL-G, Hyatt-DM, Hilton-DM, Fairmont-Plt, Marriott-S, Accor-Plt, SPG-G, IHG-Plt
Posts: 4,396
Having been a customer of the Latitude Eastern Canada to Europe Flight Pass many times this year, I can say the pricing is not the only thing that I look at.
I find the biggest benefit of FPs is the flexibility to book relatively last second (within a few days let's say), pay usually less than a la carte per flight, and still get the requisite COS.
I find that strictly comparing cost per mile for FPs is not the the way to do it, unless $ is the only thing that drives one's decision.
I find the biggest benefit of FPs is the flexibility to book relatively last second (within a few days let's say), pay usually less than a la carte per flight, and still get the requisite COS.
I find that strictly comparing cost per mile for FPs is not the the way to do it, unless $ is the only thing that drives one's decision.
But in my case, it is $, cabin, and routing. Being a leisure traveler, flexibility or being able to book last-minute are not really what I would go after. That's why I have never bought any Latitude FP, or any FP! I would buy latitude fare, not because of the flexibility but because of the price and the ability to upgrade.
Dec 9, 2013, 8:22 pm
#71
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: YVR
Programs: ACSEMM QRGold SPGLifetimePlat FairmontPlat HyattD AMEXCenturion SerenaPlat TalkBoard Founding Member
Posts: 8,963
Having been a customer of the Latitude Eastern Canada to Europe Flight Pass many times this year, I can say the pricing is not the only thing that I look at.
I find the biggest benefit of FPs is the flexibility to book relatively last second (within a few days let's say), pay usually less than a la carte per flight, and still get the requisite COS.
I find that strictly comparing cost per mile for FPs is not the the way to do it, unless $ is the only thing that drives one's decision.
I find the biggest benefit of FPs is the flexibility to book relatively last second (within a few days let's say), pay usually less than a la carte per flight, and still get the requisite COS.
I find that strictly comparing cost per mile for FPs is not the the way to do it, unless $ is the only thing that drives one's decision.
Dec 9, 2013, 9:02 pm
#72
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Victoria
Programs: AC SEMM, Nexus
Posts: 258
Dec 9, 2013, 10:08 pm
#73
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: YVR
Programs: ACSEMM QRGold SPGLifetimePlat FairmontPlat HyattD AMEXCenturion SerenaPlat TalkBoard Founding Member
Posts: 8,963
Dec 9, 2013, 10:23 pm
#74
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Shanghai, Las Vegas, Toronto
Programs: AC -SE, SPG-PLT, HH-G, Natl XcElite
Posts: 111
I see the pricing as attractive when compared to typical AC pricing for the Western to Asia route. But as noted by others on this thread, paying $3k for J from YVR to asia is now common place with all the Chinese carrier competition....
I eagerly await asian competition to YYZ....c'mon... largest asian population center in North America... get me a pass for YYZ to Asia for $1800 each way and ability to add a second name!
I eagerly await asian competition to YYZ....c'mon... largest asian population center in North America... get me a pass for YYZ to Asia for $1800 each way and ability to add a second name!