Flying Toronto to Comox
 

So I'm off for a bit of R&R on Vancouver Island (:D)...flights booked, nearly packed, ready to go. Just a little thing niggling me though. When looking for a cheap flight (which doesn't really exist! - cheapest I could find $758 but I suppose it is 3odd thousand miles away) I found that the journey there and back is a bit fuddled. So I fly from Hamilton (didn't know Hamilton HAD an airport!), stop over in Calgary, fly to Comox.

However, on the way back I have the same stop over but end up flying into Pearson. Huh? Why can't it be nice and convenient and pootle back to jolly old Hamilton (20 mins from where I live)? The plane would have to go back there eventually to start the process again, non? The thought of landing at Pearson at midnight on a Sunday and having to get a taxi fills me with joy (not).

Anyone reading this who is a pilot working for Westjet....couldn't you divert just this once please? :thumbup:

Re: Flying Toronto to Comox
 

Very unlikely. That plane could end up going anywhere once it's back at Pearson. It's called 'interlining' (at least in the transit industry - the fancy airplane folk may call it something else).

Re: Flying Toronto to Comox
 

Hmmmm......stoopid if you ask me! Ah well, as the Canadians like to say 'it is what it is'......

Re: Flying Toronto to Comox
 

There probably is a departure from Calgary to Hamilton, perhaps it is just that the connection can't be made with your incoming flight from Comox.

Re: Flying Toronto to Comox
 

There is a flight from Comox to Calgary then from Calgary to Hamilton on a Sunday - call Westjet and ask them to change your routing. They are very accommodating.

Re: Flying Toronto to Comox
 

Thanks siouxie, I'm coming back on a wednesday though. I'm waiting on the phone now (wait time approx 30 mins!). Is it worth holding?

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Well, I tried and yes, I can do it....if I want to pay another $519. Not worth it really. Oh well! I wish I'd phoned westjet first off because they could maybe have helped me for less spondoolies.

I hate Pearson airport :sneaky:

Re: Flying Toronto to Comox
 

Ummm.. you said you were flying back on a Sunday, so that is why I said that.

" The thought of landing at Pearson at midnight on a Sunday.."

Sorry you weren't able to change it without paying more, normally it's not that much though - my son's friend changed his the day before he flew out and it cost him an extra $80 (going to Vancouver instead of Kelowna).

Ah well, you will know next time!

Have a safe trip.

:)