Is The Coronavirus Impacting Your Travel Decisions?

[89coupe]

Flare has round trips to Toronto for $70/person

[killramos]

What would possess someone to pay money to go to Toronto for is another debate altogether.

[ExtraSlow]

To be around your betters.

[killramos]

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To be around your betters.

I would assume someone would pay me to do that

[2Legit2Quit]

I booked a trip to Toronto for a weekend, hit up some bluejays games and peace out. $230 for 2 of us roundtrip, yolo.

[Misterman]

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What would possess someone to pay money to go to Toronto for is another debate altogether.

A lot more shit to do there than in Alberta. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live right in Toronto, but it's a fun time to go visit for few days.

[haggis88]

Been once

Did the HHOF, CN Tower and a couple of great restaurants but all in, it's not really that good

Then drove to Niagra Falls and Niagra on the lake, also not particularly amazing

I maintain that you could plop the average person right on Centre & Centre (or the equivalent) in any North American city and save for a couple that have landmarks or specific architecture, you couldn't tell the difference between them

[mr2mike]

Niagara is amazing shitty. Even as a kid, it was laughable.
Also fun fact, they turn the falls water flow down at night.

[Xtrema]

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I maintain that you could plop the average person right on Centre & Centre (or the equivalent) in any North American city and save for a couple that have landmarks or specific architecture, you couldn't tell the difference between them

Other than NE US, there is very little history in other cities. Everything was built up mostly around the same time, hence cookie cutter designs.

NA travel (in cities anyway) is more about events than city tours.

[16hypen3sp]

So if I book with Westjet and shit goes sideways and I need to cancel, I get a Travel Bank credit right?

But in the booking process, it says the following for booking a 'Basic Economy Fare'

I cannot: earn WestJet dollars or Travel Bank and that this booking does not count toward my WestJet Rewards qualifying spend

Seems as tad confusing, I must be misunderstanding.

[taemo]

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So if I book with Westjet and shit goes sideways and I need to cancel, I get a Travel Bank credit right?

But in the booking process, it says the following for booking a 'Basic Economy Fare'

I cannot: earn WestJet dollars or Travel Bank and that this booking does not count toward my WestJet Rewards qualifying spend

Seems as tad confusing, I must be misunderstanding.

I've had to cancel WJ flights a couple of times last year and cancellation is free. instead of refunding you to your original form of payment, you just credited on your travel bank that you can use for later booking.
Shitty thing is that WJ accepts only 2 form of payment so you just need to make sure that if you have WJD and TB, your flight can be paid by both otherwise you have to pay.

Basic Economy basically just means that you dont earn WJD or TB by flying that way (I earned 0.25 TB by flying to Hawaii LOL)

[16hypen3sp]

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I've had to cancel WJ flights a couple of times last year and cancellation is free. instead of refunding you to your original form of payment, you just credited on your travel bank that you can use for later booking.
Shitty thing is that WJ accepts only 2 form of payment so you just need to make sure that if you have WJD and TB, your flight can be paid by both otherwise you have to pay.

Basic Economy basically just means that you dont earn WJD or TB by flying that way (I earned 0.25 TB by flying to Hawaii LOL)

Ah, ok. Thanks.

[ExtraSlow]

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Shitty thing is that WJ accepts only 2 form of payment so you just need to make sure that if you have WJD and TB, your flight can be paid by both otherwise you have to pay.

Small update to this. It used to be that it was 2 forms of payment PER BOOKING unless you used the call centre and now it's 2 forms of payment PER TICKET through the website. So if you are sending 2 or more people, you can easily use three forms of payment in that single booking.

That's a small thing, but important in some cases.

[ercchry]

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What would possess someone to pay money to go to Toronto for is another debate altogether.

The Muskoka… not much else comes to mind

[hurrdurr]

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So if I book with Westjet and shit goes sideways and I need to cancel, I get a Travel Bank credit right?

But in the booking process, it says the following for booking a 'Basic Economy Fare'

I cannot: earn WestJet dollars or Travel Bank and that this booking does not count toward my WestJet Rewards qualifying spend

Seems as tad confusing, I must be misunderstanding.

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/flights/our-fares

Basic
If you know you’re not going to make itinerary changes, and just want to get from A to B, then this is the fare for you.2,7,8

With a Basic fare, you’ll get our best possible price and our Economy inflight experience, however you will

NOT be eligible for:

WestJet Rewards earn or qualifying spend
Platinum or Gold benefits: same-day flight changes, complimentary upgrades or seat changes
Seat changes or seat selection, at the time of booking or at check-in, without an additional fee7
Changes, cancellations or refunds
To take advantage of your WestJet Rewards earn and tier benefits with more choice and flexibility, book Econo or EconoFlex. 

This does not apply if your flights are cancelled by Westjet - any voluntary cancellation value is forfeited.

[arcticcat522]

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The Muskoka… not much else comes to mind

It is Muskoka......just Muskoka

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https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/flights/our-fares



This does not apply if your flights are cancelled by Westjet - any voluntary cancellation value is forfeited.

I don't think any voluntary is forfeited. Wife just canceled (friday just past) a flight to Cranbrook. Got travel credit.

[16hypen3sp]

Found this:

Change/cancel policy for flights booked March 3, 2020 – March 21, 2022
You can book a new flight with confidence. If COVID-19 affects your travel plan you can adjust with the following flexible change/cancel policy:

All flights booked between March 3, 2020 and March 21, 2022 will be allowed a $0 one-time fee waiver for changes or cancellations

Change or cancellation must be requested more than 24 hours from departure

 If you cancel your flight, the funds will be returned as a Travel Bank credit; any portion paid with WestJet dollars will be returned to your account and the original expiration date (if applicable) will apply.

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/manage...e-cancel-covid

For some reason tho, I thought they were giving voluntary cancellations refunds, not credits. Did they do that at one time?

[ercchry]

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It is Muskoka......just Muskoka

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The (District of) Muskoka

[killramos]

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The Muskoka… not much else comes to mind

Doesn’t sound like Toronto to me

[ExtraSlow]

No because driving 2-5 hours to recreation opportunities is extremely reasonable in Ontario, and does not impact your quality of life in any negative way.