02-13-2023, 11:59 PM
(02-13-2023, 04:14 PM)KevinT Wrote:(02-10-2023, 04:30 PM)plam Wrote: That's not true! I was just thinking of a Marble Mountain trip for Easter weekend (which is probably the last weekend they'll be open this season), with Gros Morne snowshoeing as a backup plan. I've never been there but would be keen on going. I would fly from YYZ though. I basically will try really hard to avoid flying ULCCs though.
Last time I did Air Canada from Pearson to Halifax, then transferred to a turbo prop from Halifax to Deer Lake. It wasn't cheap, and the return flight from Halifax got delayed about 6 hours. That's why I've been jonesing for a cheap non-stop with Flair from KW. I used Flair for Kitchener to Calgary and it worked out mostly alright.
I say mostly because my reservation and online check-in emails both said 15:30 p.m., which my brain saw as 5:30 p.m. and caused me to miss my flight. I arrived at the airport just as they had buttoned up the door, and had to high-tail it to Pearson for a later one-way WestJet flight to arrive that same evening. Oddly enough my return flight was listed in their emails as just 18:15 without a p.m. tacked on, and that flight I caught and enjoyed without issue. Weirdest bug I think I've ever encountered.
I hope you make that trip, Marble Mountain was great!
Yeah I really should do it!
I can see how a nonstop does have less potential for disaster, yep. There is an Air Canada nonstop on April 6 but it's a bit more expensive than the stop in Montreal which is more expensive than the stop in Halifax. But the nonstop gets you there in time to be able to have another half day in Newfoundland, which is also worth something.
15:30pm is just not correct. I actually know someone who did a similar thing with probably Flair from Montreal to Vancouver or Abbotsford a few weeks ago.