From: tsanford@nf.sympatico.ca 
  
 ""  wrote in message 
 news:pyCVb.15616$R6H.2275@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com... 
 > So I've been jumping from expedia.ca, travelocity.ca, aircanada.ca and 
 > travel agents.. anyone have suggestions on getting the best rate? 
  
 Hi Jon.. I don't travel, very often. But I gather that the trick is to 
 travel mid week? Don't worry about the time of the flight. Book in advance. 
 Be flexible about dates etc. Some people will tell you there are only so 
 many 'cheap seats' on a certain flights that are expected to be lightly 
 booked? Depends what your schedule is. 
 I recently checked a transatlantic booking, Canada - UK. The fares ranged 
 from around $600 to over $2000. The most expensive showed up as from 
 Austrailan airlines, who don't even fly that route! Even though it was 
 obvious one would be on the same plane on the same time/date as the cheapest 
 fare! Enquiry was for a single senior traveller btw. 
 I also understand that the fares shown do not include all those extra 
 security and 'airport' fees. 
 I really don't understand all the 'fancy', large and expensive buildings 
 that were constructed just before air travel took a downturn due to the 
 economy, 9/11 etc. 
 An air terminal is just that; a place to go to get on/off a plane. Same as 
 railway terminus or bus station. 
 Then one is packed into an aluminium cylinder for hours without room to 
 stretch one's legs with danger of a thrombosis! Thank goodness the jet 
 planes are faster now. I seem to recall going from Gander Newfoundland to 
 Prestwick Scotland in some eight-ten  hours in a four engine piston plane 
 1960! 
 One spends maybe a total of an hour or two in the air terminals, if all goes 
 well; but four, six or even eight hours sitting down in a plane. Seems like 
 the emphasis on accommodations, for "Travelling by Air", is all in the wrong 
 place? 
 I wonder what happened to all those glossy promises of  'Pullman' type 
 aircraft where one could walk up to the bar 'on the upper deck' and even lie 
 down if necessary. 
 Solution? Don't travel unless you have to! 
 Good luck.  Terry. 
  
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