canadian affair flight
May 27th 2011, 7:56 am
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canadian affair flight
Hi
i have just been on canadian affair website and their flights for 27 july are #669 one way but I checked out travelsupermarket.com and booked through here on Opodo the flight still one way was #590 how on earth can the flilght be cheaper on another site when the tour operator is quoting more doesnt make sense i rang them about it and she said it was impossible well that may be but it was cheaper on opodo so thats where i booked so anyone else checking out flight check out travelsupermarket.com first!
off to start my new life in canada on the 27th july then
i have just been on canadian affair website and their flights for 27 july are #669 one way but I checked out travelsupermarket.com and booked through here on Opodo the flight still one way was #590 how on earth can the flilght be cheaper on another site when the tour operator is quoting more doesnt make sense i rang them about it and she said it was impossible well that may be but it was cheaper on opodo so thats where i booked so anyone else checking out flight check out travelsupermarket.com first!
off to start my new life in canada on the 27th july then
May 27th 2011, 11:15 am
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Re: canadian affair flight
Where are you flying to?
May 27th 2011, 11:19 am
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May 27th 2011, 1:45 pm
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Re: canadian affair flight
Hi
i have just been on canadian affair website and their flights for 27 july are #669 one way but I checked out travelsupermarket.com and booked through here on Opodo the flight still one way was #590 how on earth can the flilght be cheaper on another site when the tour operator is quoting more doesnt make sense i rang them about it and she said it was impossible well that may be but it was cheaper on opodo so thats where i booked so anyone else checking out flight check out travelsupermarket.com first!
off to start my new life in canada on the 27th july then
i have just been on canadian affair website and their flights for 27 july are #669 one way but I checked out travelsupermarket.com and booked through here on Opodo the flight still one way was #590 how on earth can the flilght be cheaper on another site when the tour operator is quoting more doesnt make sense i rang them about it and she said it was impossible well that may be but it was cheaper on opodo so thats where i booked so anyone else checking out flight check out travelsupermarket.com first!
off to start my new life in canada on the 27th july then
I'm a geordie too, we are just waiting for our visa's to come and we will be off to Ontarion. Where do you plan on settling?
We have had a look at flying form Newcastle, but have decided to go from Manchester as it's half the price.
Hope things work out well for you
May 27th 2011, 2:50 pm
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Hi Krazy
I'm a geordie too, we are just waiting for our visa's to come and we will be off to Ontarion. Where do you plan on settling?
We have had a look at flying form Newcastle, but have decided to go from Manchester as it's half the price.
Hope things work out well for you
I'm a geordie too, we are just waiting for our visa's to come and we will be off to Ontarion. Where do you plan on settling?
We have had a look at flying form Newcastle, but have decided to go from Manchester as it's half the price.
Hope things work out well for you
we are settling in Whitby its lovely there real community feel and lots of new builds going up its gonna be the place to be I reckon! New leisure centre getting built too and the college there is fab!
May 27th 2011, 4:21 pm
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canadian affairs customer service advisors are shocking! and rude! when i was booking our tickets last year i had them all in just had to press the confirm button was on phone to my hubby who was already over here and we went back to check another date. When i went back to original date 2 seconds later the price had shot up!! I phoned them and they just refused to listen saying the prices hadnt went up that day!!! so much for the customer being right!!!!!!!!
May 27th 2011, 9:53 pm
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I'm sure I read that fares are adjusted according to the number of enquiries made. More people checking, more people wanting tickets so the cost goes up.
I've seen reductions coming up shortly after checking so I don't see why they shouldn't increase.
Airlines also have x tickets at one price and then higher prices. It only needs the last ticket at x price to be sold and the price of remaining seats is more.
I've seen reductions coming up shortly after checking so I don't see why they shouldn't increase.
Airlines also have x tickets at one price and then higher prices. It only needs the last ticket at x price to be sold and the price of remaining seats is more.
May 28th 2011, 2:59 am
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I'm sure I read that fares are adjusted according to the number of enquiries made. More people checking, more people wanting tickets so the cost goes up.
I've seen reductions coming up shortly after checking so I don't see why they shouldn't increase.
Airlines also have x tickets at one price and then higher prices. It only needs the last ticket at x price to be sold and the price of remaining seats is more.
I've seen reductions coming up shortly after checking so I don't see why they shouldn't increase.
Airlines also have x tickets at one price and then higher prices. It only needs the last ticket at x price to be sold and the price of remaining seats is more.
May 28th 2011, 3:21 am
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canadian affairs customer service advisors are shocking! and rude! when i was booking our tickets last year i had them all in just had to press the confirm button was on phone to my hubby who was already over here and we went back to check another date. When i went back to original date 2 seconds later the price had shot up!! I phoned them and they just refused to listen saying the prices hadnt went up that day!!! so much for the customer being right!!!!!!!!
In short, we were set to fly out, bags on plane, got phone call that mother in law was very sick, took ourselves off the plane and went straight to the hospital.
Fair enough, lost money for the flights.
But we had also booked 2 weeks car hire for when we first arrived, before we bought our vehicle, and they would not transfer it to a new date, despite us phoning National car rental in Calgary (who Canadian affair booked for us with) who said they would not receive a penny of our money from Canadian Affair if we cancelled or rescheduled the booking. In effect Canadian affair kept our money, even though I was on the phone in tears after my mother in law sadly passed away! They just couldnt care less.
You will always get a better price than BA and Air Canada, however be very careful as they can and will cancel flights at short notice, they also gave some friends of friends the option of cutting short their holiday out here by two days to get a direct flight home, or having it extended by four days and having an 8 hour stopover in Toronto (not an option as these people had to get back to work!) so they had 2 days less of their holiday as their original return flight was cancelled whilst they were over here!
May 28th 2011, 3:51 am
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I really dont think I can begin on how shocking their customer service centre is, otherwise I might not stop!
In short, we were set to fly out, bags on plane, got phone call that mother in law was very sick, took ourselves off the plane and went straight to the hospital.
Fair enough, lost money for the flights.
But we had also booked 2 weeks car hire for when we first arrived, before we bought our vehicle, and they would not transfer it to a new date, despite us phoning National car rental in Calgary (who Canadian affair booked for us with) who said they would not receive a penny of our money from Canadian Affair if we cancelled or rescheduled the booking. In effect Canadian affair kept our money, even though I was on the phone in tears after my mother in law sadly passed away! They just couldnt care less.
You will always get a better price than BA and Air Canada, however be very careful as they can and will cancel flights at short notice, they also gave some friends of friends the option of cutting short their holiday out here by two days to get a direct flight home, or having it extended by four days and having an 8 hour stopover in Toronto (not an option as these people had to get back to work!) so they had 2 days less of their holiday as their original return flight was cancelled whilst they were over here!
In short, we were set to fly out, bags on plane, got phone call that mother in law was very sick, took ourselves off the plane and went straight to the hospital.
Fair enough, lost money for the flights.
But we had also booked 2 weeks car hire for when we first arrived, before we bought our vehicle, and they would not transfer it to a new date, despite us phoning National car rental in Calgary (who Canadian affair booked for us with) who said they would not receive a penny of our money from Canadian Affair if we cancelled or rescheduled the booking. In effect Canadian affair kept our money, even though I was on the phone in tears after my mother in law sadly passed away! They just couldnt care less.
You will always get a better price than BA and Air Canada, however be very careful as they can and will cancel flights at short notice, they also gave some friends of friends the option of cutting short their holiday out here by two days to get a direct flight home, or having it extended by four days and having an 8 hour stopover in Toronto (not an option as these people had to get back to work!) so they had 2 days less of their holiday as their original return flight was cancelled whilst they were over here!
May 28th 2011, 3:57 am
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Re: canadian affair flight
And there baggage allowance is shocking!! How is 20kgs each enough when u are moving here perm!! Me and my hubby were £100 each on excess baggage!! I phone to ask if i could pay for an extra bag like easyjet do and explained we were moving here but not a chance!
May 28th 2011, 6:56 am
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With Canadian Affair you get what you pay for.... or sometimes not even that! I flew back to the UK last year. Flight form Vancouver was ok (except they charged me for 2Kg excess baggage). Return flight from Manchester was another story. I didn't get the seat I'd prebooked and paid for - I ended up standing most of the flight as the seat was so cramped (and I'm only 5'3"). The flight was freezing cold and they ran out of blankets.
I don't think I'll be using them again!
I don't think I'll be using them again!
May 28th 2011, 7:00 am
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there baggage allowance has gone up to 25kilos now but when it was 20 kilos i though it was absolutely ridiculous!
May 28th 2011, 9:55 am
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no its def 25kilos I was there at easter and i checked the website it used to be 20 not sure when they changed the rule but when we got to the airport at easter we thoguht it was only 20 but it was on their screen as 25 kilos and i just checked their site 2 days ago