Carlson Hotels announced on February 14 that they will be launching a new frequent guest program called Club Carlson. The Club Carlson program will replace Carlson’s current GoldpointsPlus program. There are not many details out yet but the press release states new redemption partnerships with CWT (Carlson Wagonlit Travel) Vacations and Club Med plus 20 […]
US Airways to launch Quebec City – Philadelphia service
US Airways has announced that they will launch three times daily service between Quebec City and their Philadelphia hub. The new flights will start on Jun 2 with CRJ200 aircraft. Source: Airline Route Updates
Air Canada announces non-stop Gander – Toronto flights
Air Canada has announced that they will launch seasonal non-stop service between Gander, Newfoundland and Toronto on Jun 18. The flight will be operated daily over the summer season with an E190 aircraft. Flight Timings Toronto-Gander Dep 2255 Arr 0317+1 Gander-Toronto Dep 0520 Arr 0659 Source: Air Canada
Delta SkyMiles eliminates mileage expiry
Finally some good news coming out of an frequent flyer program! Delta announced today that they have eliminated their mileage expiry rules. Simply put this means SkyMiles don’t expire. Delta is now the only major U.S. carrier, North America actually, without mileage expiration. The question that will now be raised, is will other airlines follow […]
FlyCentralEurope to launch Hamilton – Eastern Europe service
This may not appeal to many of our frequent flyers, but for many of our ‘regular’ travelers who fly charters this is an interesting new option to get to Eastern Europe with flights from Hamilton to Budapest, Krakow and Prague. The service will run from May to September 2011. FlyCentralEurope is owned by Canadian tour […]
WestJet mounts new challenge in the Eastern Triangle
Since the launch of Porter Airlines a few years back WestJet has seen their small market share of the eastern triangle between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal be eroded to an even smaller percentage putting them behind Air Canada and Porter. To prove their importance in the market and attempt to gain more business travellers WestJet […]
Air Canada cans new Vancouver-Tokyo Haneda service
Air Canada has decided not to proceed with their new Vancouver – Tokyo Haneda route to due poor demand. The flight was scheduled to start at the end of this month. Source Airline Route Updates