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jamesqVancouver is currently cut off from the rest of Canada due to having pretty much every rail/road connection washed out by floods. It might be possible to go through the states, but to do so would require going way out of your way, and you’d need a negative COVID test coming back into the country - The feds just relaxed this requirement for emergency travel.
Now I’m flying out to Vancouver for a weeks vacation starting on Saturday. And my timing seems to be somewhat serendipitous.
First, I booked the original flights when things were pretty quiet, and they were cheap.
Second, I managed to convince a friend to join me for part of it - I’m renting a two bedroom condo. Might as well make use of that second rooms since it’s not costing me anything more.
Third, Westjet has a business class called “plus”, and if they don’t sell their plus seats out, they let you bid on it the week before. These seats are pretty expensive, so getting one for a low bid is pretty good luck.
But the luck doesn’t end there. I was told I won the bid 1:30pm yesterday. By 6pm, everyone in Calgary who was planning a trip to Vancouver this weekend has discovered they’re not driving there. I bet there’s a lot of people scrambling to find flights, and I bet those flights are super expensive. Sorry Westjet, no take-backsies.
And I know at least two other person who were planning on exactly this. For the same reason (birthday getaway) even!
Anyway, I think this suggests the fates want me to have a good birthday, and that’s certainly plan-A.
ps. It occurs to me that I never did a post about my last trip. Maybe I’ll squeeze that out before this one.
Now I’m flying out to Vancouver for a weeks vacation starting on Saturday. And my timing seems to be somewhat serendipitous.
First, I booked the original flights when things were pretty quiet, and they were cheap.
Second, I managed to convince a friend to join me for part of it - I’m renting a two bedroom condo. Might as well make use of that second rooms since it’s not costing me anything more.
Third, Westjet has a business class called “plus”, and if they don’t sell their plus seats out, they let you bid on it the week before. These seats are pretty expensive, so getting one for a low bid is pretty good luck.
But the luck doesn’t end there. I was told I won the bid 1:30pm yesterday. By 6pm, everyone in Calgary who was planning a trip to Vancouver this weekend has discovered they’re not driving there. I bet there’s a lot of people scrambling to find flights, and I bet those flights are super expensive. Sorry Westjet, no take-backsies.
And I know at least two other person who were planning on exactly this. For the same reason (birthday getaway) even!
Anyway, I think this suggests the fates want me to have a good birthday, and that’s certainly plan-A.
ps. It occurs to me that I never did a post about my last trip. Maybe I’ll squeeze that out before this one.
