Air Canada will begin offering WiFi on North American flights next month with a plan to offer the service on all its North American narrow-body aircraft by the end of next year. The airline has two Airbus A319 planes offering WiFi now in a test project and has hooked up with in-flight WiFi provider Gogo to equip 29 aircraft this…
Welcome Toronto Star readers! I am happy to see my family in the article (a photo from our first family holiday to Europe in beautiful Portugal). The only error was my wife’s name (should be Lina)! I offer my tips on savings on travel hacking. My top tip at the moment is getting the American Express Platinum Card – currently…
For the fifth consecutive year, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has been named by Skytrax as North America’s best airport. The announcement was made in Barcelona earlier today during the World Airport Awards – a global benchmark of airport excellence that is known within the travel industry as the Passengers’ Choice Awards. The rankings are based entirely on independent passenger surveys and is held in the highest…
Air Canada has announced that its leisure carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rouge, is expanding to Western Canada to serve a number of predominantly leisure markets from Vancouver and Calgary to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Anchorage. Flights on these routes, currently operated by Air Canada, will be converted to Air Canada rouge service beginning this spring, as will…
I am a big Starwood fan (most of the time), no blackout dates, valuable and flexible points, but today just over 20% of all their hotels are changing category, of these 56% are moving down and 44% are moving up. Most hotels chains reorganize their categories yearly to keep them current with the average rates that they charge. The beauty…
Effective March 30, 2014, US Airways will no longer be an Aeroplan Partner. You will not be able to earn Aeroplan Miles on US Airways flights scheduled after that date.Accumulation: Mileage accumulation on US Airways flights will be permitted until March 30, 2014. Aeroplan Members will be allowed to claim retro credits until September 30, 2014 for eligible flight flown…
Why can’t all safety videos be part entertaining and part educational? For anyone that hasn’t seen it, Air New Zealand just unveiled their latest safety video, which is filmed with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models in the Cook Islands. I am surprised I didn’t see any appearance by any of the All Blacks!
Be original. Be creative. Be part of the 2014 Canada Day Challenge! If you’re between 8 and 18 years old and live in Canada, you’re invited to express what Canada means to you by submitting an original poster design, a digital photograph, or a piece of creative writing inspired by the theme Canada: Strong and Free. You could win some…
Transat A.T. (TSX-TRZ.B) spokeswoman Debbie Cabana confirmed Thursday that Canada’s largest tour operator is adding a $35 currency surcharge to sun destinations and Florida effective Jan. 27. Published reports say Sunwing and Air Canada Vacations are also both implementing $35 surcharges to offset the falling loonie — Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) effective Jan. 27 and Sunwing effective Jan. 30. Sunquest, a…
WestJet announced five new routes and a number of schedule changes that the Canadian low-cost carrier billed as “its most comprehensive schedule release since the airline took to the skies in 1996.” The highlight for U.S. travelers likely will be WestJet’s new nonstop route between Calgary and New York JFK, a route that will launch April 27. The carrier will…