Get 10% off Air Canada flights for Autumn travel

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• Mark2 says:

  18 Sep18 September 11:24

  Can anyone give me advice about free internal flights in Canada please?
  We shall be going next autumn (using Avios of course) and need to fly between Toronto and Halifax.

  • Rob says:

    18 Sep18 September 22:08

    I would start by looking at WestJet etc for cash. Even if you got your hand on some Star Alliance miles, in whatever programme, a domestic North American flight is likely to be 25,000 miles return which would be a poor deal compared to cash.

    I have a similar issue as need to do Toronto to Edmonton one way next August. Have not yet decided what to do but I am thinking it will be cash.

    • iancanton says:

      19 Sep19 September 00:11

      if u have aeroplan miles, then 7,500 aeroplan miles (plus taxes and fees of about CAD 100 for a one-stop redemption) can buy a short-haul one-way on air canada. this is reasonable value because flights to halifax are generally expensive. u’re probably stuck with buying a return or two one-ways because oneworld does not serve halifax, tomy knowledge.

      examples of short-haul are montreal to halifax and boston to halifax (direct or via montreal). if travelling from toronto, then u can use via rail, greyhound or megabus to montreal.

      the snag is that short-haul direct reward flights to halifax are scarce from any big city except montreal, so aeroplan frequently forces an unwanted connection (of under 12 hours for a one-way) at montreal, which adds travelling time and additional airport fees. a real stopover (of over 12 hours) is available on an aeroplan reward ticket, though that probably means paying the aeroplan call centre fee of CAD 30 per person.

      ian. 🙂

      • iancanton says:

        19 Sep19 September 00:13

        i meant that a real stopover (of over 12 hours) is available on an aeroplan RETURN reward ticket, though that probably means paying the aeroplan call centre fee of CAD 30 per person.

        ian. 🙂

• Lee Thornton says:

  19 Sep19 September 02:55

  Westjet are a BA partner in Canada and whilst I’m not sure they offer an Avios redemption route you can certainly earn Tier points and Avios on their flights.

• Mark2 says:

  19 Sep19 September 06:05

  Thanks for the advice. Do I have to book Westjet via BA to get the Avios? We shall be going one way from Montreal or Quebec City to Halifax on the Ocean train.

  • iancanton says:

    19 Sep19 September 23:28

    from the link below, it appears that u can earn both avios and tier points if the flight has a BA code, while tier points are never available if the flight has westjet’s own code. i can confirm that i received both avios and tier points for a BA-coded westjet flight this month (connecting from a BA flight), not purchased via BA.

    http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/executive-club/collecting-avios/flights

    the economy seats on the ocean train are very spacious, with a 1-2 layout and plenty of legroom. however, we did only the pleasant but less-than-spectacular bit from halifax to amherst (en route to prince edward island, which we thought was special and even friendlier than halifax, which is a medium-sized city).

    ian. 🙂

    • Mark2 says:

      20 Sep20 September 18:01

      Thanks for the info. We shall go the whole journey with a cabin as a major part of the holiday. We do not expect that it will be very spectacular, but we have done the Rocky Mountaineer which certainly is.

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