Service to YQB / Quebec is Seasonal! Disappointing.
May 23, 2019, 3:52 pm
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Service to YQB / Quebec is Seasonal! Disappointing.
Tried to book a flight from PHX to YQB for November. Error message, so I called & it turns out AA service to Quebec is seasonal (flights from ORD & PHL). I suppose I could get there through LHR if I wanted OneWorld miles, but looks like kettle class on someone. At this moment, it is a very expensive flight [>$700 economy & > $2,000 premium economy (!)]
May 23, 2019, 3:57 pm
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Tried to book a flight from PHX to YQB for November. Error message, so I called & it turns out AA service to Quebec is seasonal (flights from ORD & PHL). I suppose I could get there through LHR if I wanted OneWorld miles, but looks like kettle class on someone. At this moment, it is a very expensive flight [>$700 economy & > $2,000 premium economy (!)]
And there’s no way anyone’s going to get PHX—LHR—YQB as a single award; it would require two awards, at least.
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May 23, 2019, 4:01 pm
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Tried to book a flight from PHX to YQB for November. Error message, so I called & it turns out AA service to Quebec is seasonal (flights from ORD & PHL). I suppose I could get there through LHR if I wanted OneWorld miles, but looks like kettle class on someone. At this moment, it is a very expensive flight [>$700 economy & > $2,000 premium economy (!)]
May 24, 2019, 8:21 am
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I will agree with the OP here because of one reason - DL and UA have Canadian partners who can get people to YQB year-round fairly easily. WS has 3/day to YYZ, AC has 5x to YYZ and 10x+ to YUL in the winter. AA seasonally to PHL is the sole oneworld (or any partner) activity they have outside the summer season.
May 24, 2019, 9:57 am
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There were rumors of YQB going year round a few years ago - PHL-YQB during the summer and MIA-YQB in the winter - but they seemed to die out after the WestJet partnership went away.
May 24, 2019, 10:33 am
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This was year round during the US Airways days. It was within the first year of the merger that it went down to seasonal.
May 25, 2019, 11:46 am
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