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Originally Posted by AuxTown
Fair points above re: my trip today. From my perspective, my options:
1) Drive 1h45m to YUL and fly direct to FCO - $1100 per person
2) Add an extra $210 per person (4 in family=$840) and connect YOW-YUL-FCO. So spend more money and increase the chance that they will lose my bag...and not really save any time.
3) YOW-CDG-FCO - $2088 per person. I like AF but the price is a non-starter.
AC and the airports are very aware of my postal code so to suggest that our family driving to YUL is somehow affecting their decisions is ridiculous. What I think they are starting to learn, at least, is that there is massive demand for direct flights from Ottawa. People fly make travel plans specifically to avoid connecting.
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If you're able to book a family vacation well in advance (I know, not always possible), AF out of YOW can be just as cheap as something out of YUL. For example, I just recently did YOW-CDG-LHR, LHR-CDG, CDG-YOW in
+Y/premium economy (transatlantic portions only as all +Y earns you intra-Europe is advanced seat selection in Y for no additional charge...mind you Euro J is a joke as it is) for $1700 per person on AF. Economy I could have done for around $1000.
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