Ticket question
Aug 28, 1999, 3:01 am
#1
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Ticket question
I have a question that I am sort of confused about…
Just found out today I will need to travel between Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver for the rest of the year… I want to know is the following situation "legal":
I will buy two tickets - one is YYZ - YVR and another one for YVR - YOW, both tickets will require Saturday night stay…I will travel YYZ - YVR firday, YVR - YOW Saturday, YOW - YVR Sunday and YVR - YYZ either Sunday or Monday. If this is permitted, it will save me a lot of time and also allow me to get more points at the expense of my company… http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif I will need to do this about 6 times this year, which will get me Platinum for next year… however, I am worry that the airline will accuse me of not staying in YVR for Saturday.
Regards,
Empress
Just found out today I will need to travel between Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver for the rest of the year… I want to know is the following situation "legal":
I will buy two tickets - one is YYZ - YVR and another one for YVR - YOW, both tickets will require Saturday night stay…I will travel YYZ - YVR firday, YVR - YOW Saturday, YOW - YVR Sunday and YVR - YYZ either Sunday or Monday. If this is permitted, it will save me a lot of time and also allow me to get more points at the expense of my company… http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif I will need to do this about 6 times this year, which will get me Platinum for next year… however, I am worry that the airline will accuse me of not staying in YVR for Saturday.
Regards,
Empress
Aug 28, 1999, 4:54 am
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Nothing wrong with it at all. No different than going VYR-HNL, YVR-LAX for the weekend. Just because you are going east. Don't go to YYZ though or the dreaded "back to back" rule might get you.
Seriously, if you really want to go back to YYZ for the weekend, you could consider flying on a competitor (AC http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif) and building up status in that program too. Fly CP YYZ-YVR on Friday, AC YVR-YYZ on Saturday and YYZ-YVR on Sunday, CP YVR-YYZ on Monday. Not back to back as they are two different airlines (for the time being anyway)!
I have actually gotten blessing from clients to do that sort of thing as two cheap round trips can be as inexpensive as 1/4-1/3 the price of a full fare mid week ticket. I get more points, I get to be home when I want etc etc. (and because of status and number of upgrades I receive, I still get upgraded every flight, confirmed at time of reservation!)
Seriously, if you really want to go back to YYZ for the weekend, you could consider flying on a competitor (AC http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif) and building up status in that program too. Fly CP YYZ-YVR on Friday, AC YVR-YYZ on Saturday and YYZ-YVR on Sunday, CP YVR-YYZ on Monday. Not back to back as they are two different airlines (for the time being anyway)!
I have actually gotten blessing from clients to do that sort of thing as two cheap round trips can be as inexpensive as 1/4-1/3 the price of a full fare mid week ticket. I get more points, I get to be home when I want etc etc. (and because of status and number of upgrades I receive, I still get upgraded every flight, confirmed at time of reservation!)
Aug 28, 1999, 11:31 am
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Hey BB, haven't you heard? AC's not a competitor anymore! http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif
But seriously, one way to legally get around the back-to-back scenario, if you do have to travel regularly between to city pairs (in my case, YVR-YYZ) is this:
Purchase one-way (full fare) ticket YVR-YYZ for Monday
Purchase as many discounted return tickets for YYZ-YVR-YYZ, departing Friday, and returning Monday, as required, thus receiving the Saturday night stayover
For the final trip home, purchase another one-way ticket for YYZ-YVR
You end up paying full fare for one ticket, but the intervening 5 tickets can be the heavily discounted tickets, and you're not violating any airline policy. This would allow you to earn all your points on the same airline, as well.
Regards,
Ken Hamer
But seriously, one way to legally get around the back-to-back scenario, if you do have to travel regularly between to city pairs (in my case, YVR-YYZ) is this:
Purchase one-way (full fare) ticket YVR-YYZ for Monday
Purchase as many discounted return tickets for YYZ-YVR-YYZ, departing Friday, and returning Monday, as required, thus receiving the Saturday night stayover
For the final trip home, purchase another one-way ticket for YYZ-YVR
You end up paying full fare for one ticket, but the intervening 5 tickets can be the heavily discounted tickets, and you're not violating any airline policy. This would allow you to earn all your points on the same airline, as well.
Regards,
Ken Hamer
Aug 28, 1999, 7:30 pm
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That's a new one KenHamer. Haven't tried that before. Even when you think you've seen and tried it all, another option appears. Thanks! http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif