Sam Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Any sources other then fifa reporting this yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 DoyleG: Right you are. Nice find. Oddly, I tried pretty much every cheapo website other than FlightCenter.ca. I've learned my lesson. leafdolfan: Not that I'm aware of. I've sent the CSA's Dave Nutt an email, asking them to announce the date ASAP in light of a dozen or so of us flying out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpenza Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Funny. I decided to check that Flighcentre website for fun. And then I had the idea of looking at how much it would cost to follow the Impact on the westcoast at the end of June (in Vancouver June 25 and in Seattle June 28). So I checked on several websites... Get this. A roundtrip flight from MTL to VAN is in the vicinity of $815 to $880. I think we all can agree on the fact that this is insanely expensive. But check this out. I checked for a MTL-Seattle roundtrip flight. $581! It's 300 bucks cheaper to fly to SEA than it is to fly to VAN. But THIS is what really got under my skin: the flight to Seattle has a change of plane in... *drumroll*... Vancouver! And, of course, you see it coming a mile away, the flight between Montreal and Vancouver is the SAME as the one listed at over 800 bucks. If you have any sort of explanation for this, please go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 ^ Wow, that's nuts. I'm gonna say it has to do with airport taxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto MB Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Nothing to do with airport taxes, everything to do with Air Canada trying to entice some action from the ever-so-massive American market. Similarly Newark to London Heathrow, through Pearson, is cheaper than Pearson to Heathrow direct. Similar deals to Paris, Germany and American destinations can be found as well. Despite WestJet's best attempts AC still has the veritable monopoly in Canada and there is no need to be cheap when you are the sole option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.T. Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 So if you only have carry-on, can you purchase the Mtl-Seattle ticket and ditch the Vancouver-to-Seattle portion of the flight?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto MB Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 You could do so on the way back. As in fly to Vancounver from Montreal-YUL and then just no-show for the Seattle portion. You would incur no fees for this. Should you fail to show to Seattle for the outbound leg (Seattle-YVR-YUL), they would cancel your ticket, make your seat on the YVR-YUL portion open for sale and knowing Air Canada charge you a cancellation fee on top of everything. So I suppose if some Vancouver vee's bussed it down to Seattle and then just jumped ship in Vancouver on the way back, that would work for them. Checked bags would make this more difficult though. (this is a lot of aviation nerd showing, I'm sorry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpenza Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I'm not sure I'd risk the no show on the Vancouver-Seattle flight and cross the border a few days later by road... You know, with them silly paranoid Americans, they could ship me off to Bulgaria in an unmarked plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto MB Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Well you would cross the border to take the flight from Seattle. And then you would remain in Canada upon flying direclty back to Vancouver. It's not like they will come poach you from you home country because you didn't come back in to theirs. But yes, always best to avoid Guantanamo while trying to support the boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I'm looking to score a seat sale on a westjet red-eye. $400 (before taxes) to leave calgary at 1:05 am and get into montreal at 7:05. Should be fun. All that's stopping me is that the DAMN FIXTURE ISN'T CONFIRMED. edit: $400 is the round trip, if I get the seat sale both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Toronto MB I had mentioned the possibility of maybe arranging a potential charter/promo fare from Toronto (Island Airport) with Porter Airlines should the game be in Montreal. (I work for Porter) As Friday afternoon.evening is pretty much our busiest scheduled travel time, I don't think I will be able to convince Sales that a bunch of low-budget soccer fans are going to be worth sacrificing the suits for. BUT With the TFC game the next day, I assume there would be all kinds of interest for a morning flight back to downtown Toronto. We land literally within a couple hundred meters of BMO. There is the potential to arrange something from YUL-YTZ on Saturday morning as this is generally a slower period. Is there interest? If so, I can start pitching something to Sales. keep us posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Scottie All that's stopping me is that the DAMN FIXTURE ISN'T CONFIRMED. Same here. The newest word from the CSA is that they're finalizing contracts, and hope to make an announcement on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpenza Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Toronto MB Well you would cross the border to take the flight from Seattle. And then you would remain in Canada upon flying direclty back to Vancouver. It's not like they will come poach you from you home country because you didn't come back in to theirs. But yes, always best to avoid Guantanamo while trying to support the boys. I'm in Montreal, dude... not Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piltdownman Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Wednesday has came on gone ... did I miss something? Anyone taking wagers on how many weeks after tickets go on sale, the Brazil game will be confirmed by the CSA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Two months away and still nothing confirmed. C'mon, CSA, pull your finger out and get this match sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpenza Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Someone (who signed "DM") on Impact Soccer's forum mentioned that the June 20 date in Montreal will be confirmed next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piltdownman Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 The sooner the better. We need to get our flight plans in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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