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Leaving on a Small Plane

I can’t believe that I’m flying east a week from tomorrow! I got an awesome deal on my tickets to Montreal from Penticton, but it’s going to be a bit of a circuitous route. To get there, I’ll be doing Penticton–>Vancouver–>Calgary–>Montreal. To get back, I’m doing Montreal–>Toronto–>Vancouver–>Penticton.

Flying directly from Vancouver to Montreal was several hundred dollars more and would have required very early morning flights. Funny how the longer route is cheaper and more convenient! I’m happy that I fly out of Penticton at 10AM (meaning I leave Osoyoos at a reasonable 8:30) and out of Montreal at 4:30PM. I’ll arrive at 11:30PM local time both ways. Long days, and jet lag’s a bitch, but this is the best flight itinerary I’ve ever put together.

Thankfully, I’ve been through all those airports except Penticton (which is tiny), so the trip should be easy. My layovers are all only just long enough to ensure that I’ll make my connection barring a huge delay, so I won’t have too much time to kill. I’ll have the iPod on me for entertainment.

I’m getting pretty excited about this trip and it will be very nice to see my family again after more than two years away!

6 thoughts on “Leaving on a Small Plane”

  4. Air Jazz flies out of Penticton.

    Westjet would have had me do Kelowna directly to Montreal for an extra $200, plus the gas to get to Kelowna and back, plus the higher parking fees. Definitely worth flying out of Penticton!

  5. Airlines fares have strange structures, designed to optimize the airline profit not to be fair. Note that you go through vancouver both ways, so in a reasonable world you could take a shorter flight to/from there and save money and have the times be that of the flights you are connecting to.

  6. To me, the logic of airlines is summarized by the fact that I had to return to Montreal from Scotland via Toronto and the stewardess offered me a parachute as we entered Quebec to save me from having to double back! 😀

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