Status The Hard Way?
Oct 14, 02, 10:44 pm
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: YVR
Programs: AP
Posts: 45
Thanks for your responses. I fly full-fare or close to it on my short hauls, so for example $700-$800 YVR-YCG, $800-900 YVR-YCR, up to $1200 YVR-YXN. Almost all of this is on DH-100s so no J available for upgrades. If I play my cards right I can use a certificate on a Ba-146 to YXJ. New fare rules with big time change fees mean I will be paying more up front as I really can't schedule more than 10 days ahead.
I tread lightly on the land: coffee and bagel is all I get out of the MLL in the 6:30-7:00 Am time frame I use it one to two days a week. (Sometimes I long for a trip with a 2-3 hour evening layover).
For cost savings I will use WJ for Prince George or Grande Prairie when I can make the times work. But the schedule is generally the problem.
150 is a brutal number of segments to consider flying in a year for SE. Yike. I bet some senior FAs don't do that many (well, until this year maybe).
I tread lightly on the land: coffee and bagel is all I get out of the MLL in the 6:30-7:00 Am time frame I use it one to two days a week. (Sometimes I long for a trip with a 2-3 hour evening layover).
For cost savings I will use WJ for Prince George or Grande Prairie when I can make the times work. But the schedule is generally the problem.
150 is a brutal number of segments to consider flying in a year for SE. Yike. I bet some senior FAs don't do that many (well, until this year maybe).
Oct 15, 02, 2:24 am
#17
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Vancouver, BC
Programs: Aeroplan; PriorityClub
Posts: 934
Ungrounded, the fare structure to Grande Prairie out of Vancouver has changed. It is based on 1-way fares starting at $135.
Here is a sample 1-way itin up for 3 segments:
or you could leave 90 minutes later and do 2 segments if segment count doesn't matter. Here's the fare:
Code:
CAD FARE CX FARE BASIS AP 1 AC 135.00 N10OW 10 2 AC 153.00 L7OW 07 3 AC 188.00 Q5OW 05 4 AC 236.00 V3OW 03 5 AC 283.00 H1OW 01 6 AC 320.00 BOW -- 7 AC 320.00 C3OW 03 8 AC 626.00 Y1 -- 9 AC 732.00 J1 -- 10 AC 1732.00 Y --
Code:
1 AC 200N 29OCT YVRYYC SS1 700A 920A * TU
2 AC8318N 29OCT YYCYEG SS1 1000A 1050A * TU
OPERATED BY AIR CANADA JAZZ
3 AC8310N 29OCT YEGYQU SS1 1210P 125P * TU
OPERATED BY AIR CANADA JAZZ
Code:
YVR AC X/YYC AC X/YEA AC YQU Q28.00 135.00N10OW CAD 163.00 END FARE CAD 163.00 TAX 12.20XG TAX 11.22CA TOT CAD 186.42
Oct 15, 02, 7:52 am
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: YVR
Programs: AP
Posts: 45
Boy, has that changed. Shows how WJ's competition has challenged AC on some routes. I was flying to Grande Prarie regularly in 2000-2001 and the AC fare was close to $700.00. When I was last there a couple of months ago it was on AC (Jazz) fare was ~$300.00 (basically same as WJ w/ better schedule).
Oct 15, 02, 5:51 pm
#19
Suspended
Join Date: Feb 2000
Posts: 13,344
The more I read about how the AC Elite level is worthless, the happier I am I switched to LH M&M earlier this year. In the last 4 months alone, already but 35K of Q miles into that account.
Could be SuperPrestige if I wanted to, but that would mean I might have to value AC - something I refuse to do. Most of my flights are on UA now. (and Canjet of course)
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If you want to experience good customer service from an airline forget Air Canada and try CanJet or WestJet
Could be SuperPrestige if I wanted to, but that would mean I might have to value AC - something I refuse to do. Most of my flights are on UA now. (and Canjet of course)
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If you want to experience good customer service from an airline forget Air Canada and try CanJet or WestJet
