July 23 Update: Share your airline refund or lack thereof stories, OWG reveals initial flight schedule, hotel occupancy rates in Canada increasing

Just a reminder that we are looking for feedback from our readers on
the airline refund (or lack thereof) situation in Canada for an upcoming
Rewards Canada podcast episode. There have already
been several experiences provided and some good discussions between our
readers. Let’s hear your voice added to it as well! You can read the article and comment on it here.

Also I’ve been meaning to cover this for a couple of weeks now but
it kept getting shoved to the side. A few weeks ago Canadian charter
airline Nolinor announced they are launching a new scheduled leisure
airline called OWG which will offer flights to sun
destinations out of Montreal and Toronto. The airline will be flying
older Boeing 737-400 aircraft and I love how they state on their website
– this is not a MAX 😉

Yesterday they loaded their first flights into the GDS’ which will
see the airline start service this November. The initial schedule per RoutesOnline will be as follows:

Montreal – Cayo Coco eff 01NOV20 1 weekly

N5740 YUL1100 – 1500CCC 734 7

N5741 CCC1700 – 2050YUL 734 7

Montreal – Holguin eff 05NOV20 1 weekly

N5710 YUL1100 – 1520HOG 734 4

N5711 HOG1700 – 2110YUL 734 4

Montreal – Santa Clara eff 06NOV20 1 weekly

N5730 YUL1100 – 1500SNU 734 5

N5731 SNU1700 – 2050YUL 734 5

Montreal – Varadero eff 07NOV20 1 weekly

N5720 YUL1100 – 1500VRA 734 6

N5721 VRA1700 – 2050YUL 734 6

Toronto – Cayo Coco eff 01NOV20 1 weekly

N5840 YYZ0930 – 1315CCC 734 7

N5841 CCC1505 – 1840YYZ 734 7

Toronto – Holguin eff 05NOV20 1 weekly

N5810 YYZ1200 – 1605HOG 734 4

N5811 HOG1745 – 2130YYZ 734 4

Toronto – Santa Clara eff 06NOV20 1 weekly

N5830 YYZ0930 – 1315SNU 734 7

N5831 SNU1502 – 1840YYZ 734 7

Toronto – Varadero eff 07NOV20 1 weekly

N5820 YYZ1015 – 1400VRA 734 6

N5821 VRA1555 – 1930YYZ 734 6

There is no word of a frequent flyer program from the airline just
yet (chances are they won’t be one for several years if it is even in
the cards) however these are flights that are perfect for your
proprietary credit card programs that allow you to book flights how you
want and the redeem points against the charge. (Read more here: Why proprietary credit card reward programsare the best option for most Canadians)

You can learn more about OWG here.

Image via OWG

It has been a few weeks since we provided some hotel occupancy numbers
and the numbers in Canada are still slowly increasing. For the week of
July 14 to 20 hotel occupancy in Canada was 33.3% – this is 10% higher
than when we last reported the numbers. Still this is a 57% decrease
from the same time last year. (Source HNN)

Airline Schedule Updates

A summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other
sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change
and right now they are changing frequently!

Japan Airlines will only be flying two flights per week between Vancouver and Tokyo Narita for the months of August and September. (Source RoutesOnline)

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