03-09-2023, 12:27 PM
(03-09-2023, 02:32 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-08-2023, 01:36 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: I've flown domestically from YYZ quite a few times. Sometimes it's slow getting through, but overall I was never really unhappy or miserable.
Getting to the airport on the other hand...
This is a great point. Usually this is a major issue I have as well, when we come from Kitchener for a flight we would take transit but it would be frustrating and risky. Any crash on the 401 could risk us making our flight.
This time however it was easy, the UP express gets us downtown quickly. Although I was wanting to go to KW I arrived on a weekend and so had to stay in Toronto till Monday when there was a train.
As for cost, I don’t find it more expensive than other airports. I usually check Montreal as the next major nearby airport (and technically a shorter distance) and it has been more expensive. Where do you find cheaper flights? I am very interested. Flights to Europe have doubled in cost.
In terms of cost, Canada is just expensive to fly within, in general. It costs just as much to go from Toronto to Montreal (1hr) as it does to fly Toronto to Miami (3hrs). I know that there's some historical rent reason about how Pearson was original developed that has resulted in higher-than-normal fees to fly in/out, but here's an article that generally covers the reasons behind Canadian airfare costs.
Honestly, I make flights cheaper by using the points on my credit card to help cover some of the cost, but those points used to cover a full ticket and it doesn't go nearly as far anymore. Theoretically you could fly from the Waterloo Regional Airport on one of the discount airlines, but that doesn't help if you're trying to get to Europe, and most of those airlines only work out of Waterloo 3 times a week.
At any rate, I decided to book GO/VIA for our next trip to Montreal this summer, because 8 hours of train travel time from Kitchener to downtown Montreal is only about 2 hours longer than the whole process of driving to Pearson, waiting for the plane, hoping the plane isn't late, landing in Montreal, and taking the bus into downtown. And it was less than half the price!