And Antarctica drew my attention: Exotic 14-night cruises on Celebrity Infinity depart from Buenos Aires, with visits to Ushuaia and Puerto Madryn, Argentina; Cape Horn, Chile; Schollart Channel and Dalhan Bay, Paradise Bay, Gerlache Strait, and Elephant Island, Antarctica; Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Montevideo, Uruguay. I have always wanted to go to Antarctica, I…
I have just read an article Canadian businesses fuming as border guards let shoppers skip fees. I have not done any cross border shopping, but I wrote a short post about it Cross-border shopping (a sort of travel). I wonder why Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) does not implement a system of paying the duties…
I logged into my Aeroplan account to select ‘my privileges’ for the Air Canada Altitude program and there a message: “Now you can vote for Air Canada Altitude as the Best Airline Elite Program for the Americas. …” So why not, I thought, and I submitted my ballot choosing Air Canada and Aeroplan wherever I…
I have just read the following: “Now Europeans can access the newly-launched Cuba Cruise breaking new ground with its circumnavigation of Cuba. Finally Cuba’s fascinating but otherwise hard to reach ports are accessible to all. Each cruise includes the opportunity to visit world famous beaches, six UNESCO world heritage sites and four National Parks &…
Air Canada is so excited by the promise that I have received the email announcing this twice :).“If, within 24 hours after completing a purchase on aircanada.com or aircanada.com/agent, you find a price for the exact same Air Canada flight that’s at least $5 less with another Canadian online travel retailer, Air Canada will offer…
Europe’s Airbus is considering whether to drop lithium-ion batteries and switch back to traditional ones on its A350 passenger jet. I like it how this safety official put it: “It is a classic risk-management problem. If you don’t know the cause of something you can’t quantify the risk that it will happen again,” an international…
“OTTAWA – The federal government needs to launch a comprehensive review of its tariff policy to help bridge a yawning price gap between Canadian and American retail prices, a Senate committee said Wednesday.” Senators call for less tariffs to help close the Canada-U.S. price gap However, I don’t get the following: “The senators said some…
Air Canada posted a profit a net profit for 2012, its first annual profit in five years. Comparison of Air Canada’s stock and its main domestic competitor WestJet Airlines So between 2006 – 2013 West Jet share price increased 56% and Air Canada’s dropped 88%. And some highlights from the article “For 2012, Air Canada…
A Sunwing Airlines aircraft was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Bermuda, after a family was allegedly caught smoking aboard. This piece of news reminded me of the days when at the check-in they would ask you ‘smoking’ or ‘non-smoking’. The smokers were banished to the back of the plane and to get to…
Now that merchants are free to impose a surcharge on customers paying by credit card, I wonder how many more airlines will charge for paying by CC? A few years ago I was in London and I came across an article in magazine that said British Airways charged a £4.50 ($7.11) flat fee for using…