Back- to-back or not?
Jan 16, 2003 | 11:02 am
#31
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Vancouver, BC
Programs: Aeroplan; PriorityClub
Posts: 935
Actually, I helped a client save about $800 on a 1-way fare 7 years ago by using that train between YOW and YUL. He had to get to YUL. Charter fares YVR-YUL were sold out and the AC Y fare was over $900. There were sell-offs available YVR-YOW for $129 at the time and that it what he gladly took. For that differential, 121 miles on a train was no hardship.
Epilogue: My office manager was very pissed at me because of the lost commission - the end of that month, I was fired, but from that office, I considered it a badge of honour.
Epilogue: My office manager was very pissed at me because of the lost commission - the end of that month, I was fired, but from that office, I considered it a badge of honour.
Jan 16, 2003 | 11:40 am
#32
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Posts: 3,373
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thefareguru:
Actually, I helped a client save about $800 on a 1-way fare 7 years ago by using that train between YOW and YUL. He had to get to YUL. Charter fares YVR-YUL were sold out and the AC Y fare was over $900. There were sell-offs available YVR-YOW for $129 at the time and that it what he gladly took. For that differential, 121 miles on a train was no hardship.
Epilogue: My office manager was very pissed at me because of the lost commission - the end of that month, I was fired, but from that office, I considered it a badge of honour.</font>
Actually, I helped a client save about $800 on a 1-way fare 7 years ago by using that train between YOW and YUL. He had to get to YUL. Charter fares YVR-YUL were sold out and the AC Y fare was over $900. There were sell-offs available YVR-YOW for $129 at the time and that it what he gladly took. For that differential, 121 miles on a train was no hardship.
Epilogue: My office manager was very pissed at me because of the lost commission - the end of that month, I was fired, but from that office, I considered it a badge of honour.</font>
Jan 16, 2003 | 9:31 pm
#33
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 8,573
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">does AC realise that people can just as easily get to YUL then take the train from Dorval to Ottawa on Via AirConnect?</font>
I would do it, but it's still less convenient than LHR-YOW non-stop.
andrew
Jan 16, 2003 | 9:53 pm
#34
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Chilling with penguins
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Andrew Webber:
and a 1.5-2hr train ride.</font>
and a 1.5-2hr train ride.</font>
