Flight frustration

16 years ago

Why does it cost more to fly from Southern Ontario to Sault Ste Marie (500 miles), than it does to fly from Ontario to British Columbia? I would like to go and see my father, if I can. It's more than a 9 hour drive.

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susan_on
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16 years ago
Darn, I just saw my post and wish I'd named it something else...
jennmonkey
16 years ago
I know what you mean. I just looked and it costs hundreds of dollars more to fly from Seattle to Anchorage than from Seattle to ICELAND! For some reason, tickets to Iceland are ridiculously cheap right now if anyone is interested! :) 3 of my coworkers decided to go next month just for the heck of it because it was so cheap.
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liira
16 years ago
Susan:

I think its because WestJet doesn't fly into the Soo. Last summer I wanted to fly from Edmonton to the Soo with Air Canada and it cost just under $1000.00 plus I still had to drive 3 hours to Wawa. I check WestJet for a flight from Edmonton to Thunder Bay and it was around $500.00 but then again a bus trip for 5 hours to get to Wawa, which was around $200.00 for a return bus ticket. I always said you can fly faster and cheaper to Europe from Canada than you can fly across Canada.
I really wish WestJet would fly into the Soo.
barbara3
16 years ago
I just booked a flight from here (St. John's) to Halifax return for less than $200 taxes in - seat sale. If I wanted to fly to Gander return (less than a 4 hour drive) it would cost $534 plus taxes. Go figure
kacram
16 years ago
I know what you mean. We can fly across the country for what it takes to fly to California or jsut across the state.
teresava
16 years ago
Airline prices are all over the place! Depends on the hubs, popularity of the location, and time of year. Not to mention cost of fuel etc etc.

We just booked tickets to Florida. We live in Virginia and have to fly to NJ first, then to Florida. Makes no sense except that Newark is a hub for Continental.

In Oct we bought tickets from VA to CA for $189 each. We had to cancel the week before due to a death in the family. We tried to change the reservation and they wanted us to buy seats that were roughly $800 a piece, for the same seats 2 days later. NO THANKS!
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16 years ago
Oh, my! I just read what Jennmonkey said about tickets to Iceland being cheap right now, so I searched, just for fun. Get this - I could go from Boston to Reykjavik next month for prices ranging from $726 to $7,118 round-trip. I have never seen a variation like that!
lynn_d
16 years ago
Airfares are based on supply, demand and competition. Sault Ste Marie has always been expensive, one of my corporate travel accounts has a customer there and they always pay thru the nose to go there. The people that work in the faring departments must be insane. Years ago we had a juge book called the Squires Tariff....that was the last time fares made any sense!

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