A while back, we received news that a good friend of John's was getting married on August 22nd. The happy couple lives outside Halifax, Nova Scotia. John was honoured to be asked to be best man at said wedding. We did some comparison shopping, and the cheapest fare available was through Porter Airlines. Lo and behold, my daughter had a promotion code for a 15% discount off any fare booked with Porter before the end of May. Naturally, I took advantage and booked our trip to Halifax.
Not two weeks after booking our flights, the groom telephones John to inform him that their financial situation has changed and they must move the wedding date! They are now getting married on October 3rd. So we have to pay the rebooking fee for our tickets. And, most likely we will be hit with paying that additional 15% discount that we saved since it is now after the 31st of May. Fortunately, the base price of the fare has gone DOWN so that should mean an adjustment. The total fee (for changing both our tickets) could run us as much as the cost of one return fare to Halifax!
We won't talk about the seat sales that West Jet has since been offering for Ottawa-Halifax at $19.00 one way before taxes and fees -- that's a full $100.00 less than Porter's best price!
As I've mentioned on more than one occasion here, we are traveling to Toronto on the week-end of August 7th to attend the Blue Jays Back2Back Reunion weekend. Last week, we decided to look at the train as a travel option. John loves the train and it does offer some conveniences and comforts. Taking the train would also save wear and tear on my brand new car. Anyway, we bit the bullet and bought the train tickets on Saturday. The charge just showed up on my Visa yesterday!
And this morning, on the news, we hear that VIA Rail is going on strike. Can you see that dark cloud?
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