Originally Posted by FATFlyer (Post 8409830)

Then you can show your wife these pictures of Allegiant's aircraft. As ALW says they only fly MD series aircraft.
http://www.allegiantair.com/aaAircraftPhotos.php

Originally Posted by B1 (Post 8883002)

Hmmm - I think I can see "Jetsgo" through the paint.

Originally Posted by excentrus (Post 8858700)

.... It actually takes less time to drive from downtown Montreal, cross border and park at PBG than it takes to do the same at YUL in Montreal.....

Originally Posted by fly-yul (Post 8888009)

While I'm glad you enjoyed your flight and having more options are good for people in Montreal, I'm not sure how you can make the above statement. Downtown to YUL is 30 mins.

Originally Posted by fly-yul (Post 8888009)

While I'm glad you enjoyed your flight and having more options are good for people in Montreal, I'm not sure how you can make the above statement. Downtown to YUL is 30 mins.

Originally Posted by HereAndThereSC (Post 8888139)

He prob. compared rush hour to YUL vs non-rush hour to PBG.

But in all fairness, I'm certain that PBG is easier to park at than YUL.

JP

Originally Posted by fairviewroad (Post 8889286)

It might be accurate depending on where you decide to park at YUL.

Originally Posted by BTR_CDN (Post 7703650)

There is life beyond Hope.

You'd be amazed at how many people drive from the Okanagan valley or Kamloops to Vancouver or Seattle to save some money on air fares, particularly when they are paying for their own airfares.

As an added note, you'd be amazed at how many people drive (3-5+hrs) from the Kootenays to either Calgary or Spokane for flights because of the ridiculous airfares to/from Cranbrook.

<note this next part isn't aimed at Ken, just trying to avoid starting a new reply>

Several people have been talking about the time cost of driving from wherever to some U.S. airport and using that as an argument for why it wouldn't be worth it to fly from elsewhere. I would argue that for the typical person who is taking a trip, with or without family, the time cost is a non-issue. Most companies just don't seem to want to pay you to spend time with your family. Sadly, families won't pay you $70/hr to drive them to the airport either.

Whether you fly from Vancouver, Montreal, Platsburg, or Bellingham, you are probably making the drive to the airport on your own dime (and won't be getting paid for it) and it will probably have a negligible effect on your total time available for a vacation. If you fly from the U.S. you pack up after work and drive over to the airport and catch the flight late that night or very early the next morning. If you fly from Canada, you pack up after work and drive over to the airport and catch the flight late that night or very early the next morning. The only difference is whether or not you sleep at a hotel or in your own bed. And as others have noted, staying at the hotel make cancel out the parking costs.

Originally Posted by B1 (Post 11970234)

I find there are three flights all day - to BOS on Cape Air. Not exactly a threat to YUL after all. I recall there was a sitcom based on a fictional version of that airline. You get to travel on a Cessna 402c.