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Porter Airlines is a Canadian pain in the butt for WestJet and Air Canada so they're up to their old tricks.
What seems like a crazy good time for travelers getting rock bottom prices will only end up with a duopoly jacking their prices again when they are done destroying.
The brutal side of capitalism.
The starkest example of rock-bottom pricing came in late April when WestJet offered a brief sale on flights leaving Toronto for Ottawa and Montreal for as low as $11 one way. Air Canada quickly followed with a similar offer. At other times the two giants, which together control 95 per cent of the domestic market, have promoted fares well below $50 on those same routes. Analysts say Porter actually triggered it all when it chopped the price of a Toronto-to-Ottawa ticket to $59 from $99 for passengers who book two weeks in advance. But the resulting price war has bordered on the ridiculous. As Ben Cherniavsky, an analyst at Raymond James, noted in a report, if Air Canada customers bought such a ticket and took a pass on perks like Aeroplan miles and checked baggage, they'd "actually get paid to fly!"
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What seems like a crazy good time for travelers getting rock bottom prices will only end up with a duopoly jacking their prices again when they are done destroying.
The brutal side of capitalism.
The starkest example of rock-bottom pricing came in late April when WestJet offered a brief sale on flights leaving Toronto for Ottawa and Montreal for as low as $11 one way. Air Canada quickly followed with a similar offer. At other times the two giants, which together control 95 per cent of the domestic market, have promoted fares well below $50 on those same routes. Analysts say Porter actually triggered it all when it chopped the price of a Toronto-to-Ottawa ticket to $59 from $99 for passengers who book two weeks in advance. But the resulting price war has bordered on the ridiculous. As Ben Cherniavsky, an analyst at Raymond James, noted in a report, if Air Canada customers bought such a ticket and took a pass on perks like Aeroplan miles and checked baggage, they'd "actually get paid to fly!"
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As rich as this subject is I must add that I like flying. Its fun.
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Nomad;643828 wrote: As rich as this subject is I must add that I like flying. Its fun.
Agreed. It makes me crazy when I'm on a plane and some dude (or dudette) has a window seat and yet they're reading or sleeping. Look out the window!! It's awesome!! You're up in the clouds and all the sh*t and people that dog you every day are way down there! They can't touch you!
It's the closest to real freedom I ever feel.
Agreed. It makes me crazy when I'm on a plane and some dude (or dudette) has a window seat and yet they're reading or sleeping. Look out the window!! It's awesome!! You're up in the clouds and all the sh*t and people that dog you every day are way down there! They can't touch you!
It's the closest to real freedom I ever feel.
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This is actually about how a few good airlines have tried to create a valuable alternate to the main airlines and every one of them has been crushed. :rolleyes:
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koan;644323 wrote: This is actually about how a few good airlines have tried to create a valuable alternate to the main airlines and every one of them has been crushed. :rolleyes:
I like the window seat :-6 window seats are the best !
I like the window seat :-6 window seats are the best !
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Nomad;645947 wrote: I like the window seat :-6 window seats are the best !
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Nomad;645947 wrote: I like the window seat :-6 window seats are the best !
I really like those little plastic cups they serve your drinks in.
I really like those little plastic cups they serve your drinks in.
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The first time I flew from Los Angeles to New York, I looked out of the window the whole way. Watching America change below was more interesting than anything you'd see on TV. I suppose on regular flights though, you can get a bit blase the more you do it, but I would imagine even a seasoned traveller would be compelled to look out when arriving somewhere unusual for the first time. It's the main reason I prefer to fly during daylight.
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I know what you mean Uncle Kram. Watching the topography change from flatlands to farmlainds to mountains is pretty cool.
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RedGlitter;646240 wrote: I know what you mean Uncle Kram. Watching the topography change from flatlands to farmlainds to mountains is pretty cool.
Yeah that's true. In one flight I saw LA, Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon, the Hoover Dam, the Rockies, the most amazing circular crop patterns for miles, Chicago, a Great Lake and NYC. Beat that.
Yeah that's true. In one flight I saw LA, Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon, the Hoover Dam, the Rockies, the most amazing circular crop patterns for miles, Chicago, a Great Lake and NYC. Beat that.
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Uncle Kram;646249 wrote: Yeah that's true. In one flight I saw LA, Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon, the Hoover Dam, the Rockies, the most amazing circular crop patterns for miles, Chicago, a Great Lake and NYC. Beat that.
I don't think I can. And I would love to see crop circles.
How stupid am I? I flew into Seattle for the first time and looked out the window, asked my friend "Oh is that a lake?" She said "No. It's Puget Sound." *oops*:D
I don't think I can. And I would love to see crop circles.
How stupid am I? I flew into Seattle for the first time and looked out the window, asked my friend "Oh is that a lake?" She said "No. It's Puget Sound." *oops*:D
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And thanks to the monopoly on airlines, you get to pay a fortune for the privilege. The only time you get cheap flights in Canada are when they want to put someone out of business. :-5
No wonder they get away with it. No one cares. Just give y'all a bag of peanuts for the flight and yer happy.
No wonder they get away with it. No one cares. Just give y'all a bag of peanuts for the flight and yer happy.
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koan;646312 wrote: And thanks to the monopoly on airlines, you get to pay a fortune for the privilege. The only time you get cheap flights in Canada are when they want to put someone out of business. :-5
No wonder they get away with it. No one cares. Just give y'all a bag of peanuts for the flight and yer happy.
Whats this got to do with flying over Atlanta during a lightning storm ? :-2
Get with the program sis !
No wonder they get away with it. No one cares. Just give y'all a bag of peanuts for the flight and yer happy.
Whats this got to do with flying over Atlanta during a lightning storm ? :-2
Get with the program sis !
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Can we talk about static wicks??
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RedGlitter;646706 wrote: Can we talk about static wicks??
Absolutely. Thats what this is all about.
Absolutely. Thats what this is all about.
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