AC: YYJ-YUL-YVR-TPE in Mixed PremEcon/Business US$1,305
Feb 20, 2020, 11:30 am
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AC: YYJ-YUL-YVR-TPE in Mixed PremEcon/Business US$1,305
Air Canada's current premium economy (N) fares from Victoria to Asia:
- allow for backtracking eastward to YYZ/YUL en route to YVR gateway
- book into business (Rouge) on the domestic YYJ-YUL-YYJ and YYJ-YYZ-YYJ sectors
- permit a free stopover
The best mileage run seems to be YYJ-TPE for $1,305 as below, which would be worth about 5,700 PQP if credited to United.
The fare is bookable using ITA Matrix PowerTools. Note that YYJ-YUL is a seasonal June-October flight.
- allow for backtracking eastward to YYZ/YUL en route to YVR gateway
- book into business (Rouge) on the domestic YYJ-YUL-YYJ and YYJ-YYZ-YYJ sectors
- permit a free stopover
The best mileage run seems to be YYJ-TPE for $1,305 as below, which would be worth about 5,700 PQP if credited to United.
The fare is bookable using ITA Matrix PowerTools. Note that YYJ-YUL is a seasonal June-October flight.
Feb 20, 2020, 11:36 am
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Air Canada's current premium economy (N) fares from Victoria to Asia:
- allow for backtracking eastward to YYZ/YUL en route to YVR gateway
- book into business (Rouge) on the domestic YYJ-YUL-YYJ and YYJ-YYZ-YYJ sectors
- permit a free stopover
The best mileage run seems to be YYJ-TPE for $1,305 as below, which would be worth about 5,700 PQP if credited to United.
The fare is bookable using ITA Matrix PowerTools. Note that YYJ-YUL is a seasonal June-October flight.
- allow for backtracking eastward to YYZ/YUL en route to YVR gateway
- book into business (Rouge) on the domestic YYJ-YUL-YYJ and YYJ-YYZ-YYJ sectors
- permit a free stopover
The best mileage run seems to be YYJ-TPE for $1,305 as below, which would be worth about 5,700 PQP if credited to United.
The fare is bookable using ITA Matrix PowerTools. Note that YYJ-YUL is a seasonal June-October flight.
Feb 20, 2020, 12:27 pm
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I wonder if you could SDC to fly YYJ-YVR-YYZ-YUL-YVR-TPE or something to maximize wide-body experience.
Does the fare allow free stopovers in Canada? That would be a pretty easy way to force yourself onto a wide-body everywhere.
Does the fare allow free stopovers in Canada? That would be a pretty easy way to force yourself onto a wide-body everywhere.
Feb 20, 2020, 3:37 pm
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As the original post mentions, 1 stopover is free.
Feb 20, 2020, 3:46 pm
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A lot of these fares have restrictions on the stopovers (like which continent they can be in), so I wasn't sure whether you could stick one in YUL or YYZ.
Feb 20, 2020, 8:51 pm
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If you are asking how one is finding these fares, it’s normally plugging in 2 cities, finding a good price and then checking out the fare rules to see how much “fun” you can have with regards the routing
Feb 21, 2020, 8:33 am
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It is the same price from Ottawa, but I could not get it to allow the cross country trek first which is the real benefit. Many options where domestic flights can be done in Economy B fare - good for upgrades.
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Feb 21, 2020, 3:59 pm
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There is a 12.15pm option which is much less painful to YYZ if you want to avoid the hotel (also a 11.20pm which would be much more painful) :
Victoria (YYJ) to Toronto (YYZ) — Mon, Sep 7
Air Canada 1680
Dep: 12:15 pm
Arr: 7:46 pm
4h 31m
Boeing 767
Business (D)
Meal
OPERATED BY AIR CANADA ROUGE
Layover in YYZ
2h 49m
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Victoria (YYJ) to Toronto (YYZ) — Mon, Sep 7
Air Canada 1680
Dep: 12:15 pm
Arr: 7:46 pm
4h 31m
Boeing 767
Business (D)
Meal
OPERATED BY AIR CANADA ROUGE
Layover in YYZ
2h 49m
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Feb 21, 2020, 5:21 pm
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Interestingly, I can actually get some segments to come up in B (full-fare Y) which actually appears to earn more PQP than discount PE.
Feb 21, 2020, 5:29 pm
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YYJ is fine from Seattle. I figure I can split-ticket connection on AS, take the ferry perhaps, or maybe go SEA-YVR-YYJ on AC? That's a lot of time on a Dash-8 tho.
Interestingly, I can actually get some segments to come up in B (full-fare Y) which actually appears to earn more PQP than discount PE.
Interestingly, I can actually get some segments to come up in B (full-fare Y) which actually appears to earn more PQP than discount PE.
I'm not sure if you could do it on the over-water leg though.
Feb 21, 2020, 5:39 pm
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I'm very tempted to fly this -- by my count, if I fly this and the Europe J deal, I'd be at 21k PQP or so for $6k in spend, which is approx. 2x what I spent on airfare last year. Would have to find a way to cheaply fill out the last 4k PQP or so tho.