Of course during the week I decide to take vacation, Air Canada and other airlines announce a bunch of new routes from Canadian cities. All the new routes had two main focuses, Sun Destinations and Star Alliance connections. So here I am playing catch up on the new routes. The new Montreal-Houston route announced by […]
Month: August 2009
Continental sets Oct 27 as entry date into Star Alliance
From Continental email sent Aug 12: Travel through Oct. 24, 2009 OnePass members can continue to earn and redeem miles and make reward reservations on SkyTeam partners through Oct. 24, 2009. All reward travel on these partners must be completed on or before Oct. 24, 2010. Travel on Oct. 25 and Oct. 26, 2009 If […]
Emirates 2 Day World Sale for Toronto departures
Receive an additional $150 off roundtrip Economy Class fares and $1,000 off roundtrip Business Class fares when you book online. Save on flights from Toronto to any one of Emirates over 100 destinations worldwide. Bookings must be made Aug 11 or 12. Travel is valid until Mar 10, 10 with Dec 5-Dec 24 blacked out. […]
Air Canada cuts Madrid for winter season
From Airline Route Updates: According to online GDS timetables, Air Canada will not fly the Toronto-Madrid route this winter. Initially it was planned that AC would fly the route 3x weekly.
US Airways to resume Edmonton-Las Vegas Service for the fall
Earlier this year US Airways cut their routes to Las Vegas from Calgary and Edmonton as part of a larger program in flight reductions out of LAS. It appears though that the Edmonton – Las Vegas route has been reinstated and will be starting on Sep 11 (the incoming flight will leave LAS on the […]
Why I think WestJet teamed up with RBC Royal Bank and MasterCard
A conversation on Twitter last night had me answering some questions as to why I think WestJet went with RBC and MasterCard for the credit card that will be associated with their frequent flyer program and here is what I came up with: – Why RBC? I would have to speculate that RBC was chosen […]
WestJet selects RBC and MasterCard to supply the new WestJet Travel Rewards Credit Card
WestJet announced today that they have selected RBC and MasterCard to be the supplier of the credit card for the upcoming WestJet Travel Rewards program. The card itself will be the first MasterCard issued by RBC, who have been solely a VISA provided to this point. The card should be released in line with the […]