These are the taxes for UA and AC for a business class award flight to Europe, same departure and return city. Of course, the itinerary is different, longer for UA but travelling business class a few hours extra should not matter :). Of course, it is very easy to book AC on the Aeroplan website (I am…
I see the words Facebook and fans and like and I cringe (Facebook down 33% since IPO, yes I still have got it!) I still don’t know how this ‘like’ is useful for already known companies, but whatever, it cannot do any harm to ‘like’ Air Canada and enter the contest. Great things are happening…
I love IFE. I still remember the days when the movies were shown on screens hanging from the ceiling and sometimes depending on your seat you didn’t have a good view. And by flying mostly with Air Canada for the past 3 years I thought that IFE is standard issue so I was so surprised when…
ING Direct Canada has a promotion* this summer. If you use my Orange Key 17148482S1 to open an account account with $100 or more in it you will get $50 and I will get $50 (sorry about that) too. More details here: www.ingdirect.ca/doublebonus. Also, as I thank you I will give at least 17 eUpgrades…
“Prior to the new guidelines, it was left to the airlines’ discretion whether to grant a refund or to rebook a passenger. If a refund was warranted, it was only provided for the unused portion of the ticket, the CTA said. But under the new rules, passengers can choose whether to take a refund or…
I know it is too late to book a flight only a few weeks away but that’s the way it is. I have already spent lots of time on the Aeroplan site for a return flight Vancouver – Frankfurt and some findings: The fuel surcharge is higher for ‘business’ (why’s that?, because the pods are…
First time I got all questions so I was presented with this map of an airport: The ToC says: ” and then try to guess the location of a virtual Star Alliance branded plane hidden on a map by dropping a pin.” What does it actually mean? Do you have to drop the pin on a plane or the plane is hidden as per ToC and you cannot see it at all so it is completely wrong to drop it on a plane that it can be seen, it has to be beside it. It isn’t clear for me at all but I would go for the hidden definition rather than choosing an existing plane (even if searching on Internet many people dropped the pin on a plane). By the way I should have done this research before playing – no contest should be taken lightly, especially with what it is at stake 🙂 – and had a more scientific approach. For example I found: “It is easy to see its ORD and that Terminal…
From ‘Terms and Conditions’: “First Prize – 15 x Business Class return tickets + 5-night stay at a luxury hotel for 15 people The First Prize consists of fifteen (15) Business Class Return Tickets for one Winner and 14 friends to be named by the Winner to a celebration/festival of the Winner’s choice selected from the list set forth below, together with the included activities, transport…
I have to say the offer that landed in my inbox was tempting; test drive a BMW and be paid (sort of) for it. And the dealer would treat me very deferentially, after all Air Canada would not send the offer to anyone. However, I know I will not buy a BMW so I will have to pass. I do not want to help financing 6 week vacation plus numerous statutory holidays, generous social benefits, free universal health care (and a good one) and free higher education :). I want to buy a car made in North America, preferably from the Big Three. They (the companies and workers) need everyone’s support, support to be shown by buying an American car. Did you know that Big Three’s brands lost market share in nine of the ten U.S. states that have the highest auto sales between 2008-2011? The big winners were German brands such as Volkswagen and BMW as…
I said that I’d stop reading the business section of the newspapers (and I stated the reason why here) but sometimes I cannot help it. And an article – travel related – drew my attention ‘Southwest’s new legacy shouldn’t strand shareholders’. Actually it was the first paragraph that made me read it: “We know what’s…