d9704011 Posted August 13, 2023 #26 Share Posted August 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, PatandStu said: Going to drive to Montreal & grab a direct flight to FLL. All about best timing for mom. I'd say that is the best solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cds2423 Posted August 14, 2023 #27 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I live in Montreal and am sailing from Miami in Oct. We booked great flights, non stop weeks ago, paid $900 each return, crazy. Just a few days later AC emailed us to say that the non stop were no longer available and had re-booked us on crummy non-stop later in the day, arriving around 10pm or so, day before sailing. We called immediately and ended up leaving really early in the morning through Toronto then to Miami, return Miami, Newark, Montreal. Those flights were about $1100 but they agreed to hold the original crazy price. We were thrilled but hopefully all will go well with connections etc. Let’s face it we are at their mercy. Technically we could drive to Plattsburgh or Burlington, VT, but didn’t want to do that. Good luck, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 14, 2023 #28 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 hour ago, cds2423 said: I live in Montreal and am sailing from Miami in Oct. We booked great flights, non stop weeks ago, paid $900 each return, crazy. Just a few days later AC emailed us to say that the non stop were no longer available and had re-booked us on crummy non-stop later in the day, arriving around 10pm or so, day before sailing. We called immediately and ended up leaving really early in the morning through Toronto then to Miami, return Miami, Newark, Montreal. Those flights were about $1100 but they agreed to hold the original crazy price. We were thrilled but hopefully all will go well with connections etc. Let’s face it we are at their mercy. Technically we could drive to Plattsburgh or Burlington, VT, but didn’t want to do that. Good luck, You do not usually pay more when they change the flights They changed ours twice on the outbound I was flying from London On to YUL nonstop then connecting in YYZ 2nd change I cancelled & booked with Porter YYZ to YUL They changed the inbound from MIA to something that would take too long to get us home same day I changed to FLL on Rouge a few weeks later they changed that as well cancelled so now we are doing MIA to YYZ will just have to drive to Pearson & park there instead of the closer airport fingers crossed no more changes It is just crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmich068 Posted August 16, 2023 #29 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Saw an unconfirmed rumour yesterday that Porter will soon be announcing non-stop flights from YOW to both FLL and MCO, to start this fall. Something to watch for! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lx200gps Posted August 16, 2023 #30 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, cmich068 said: Saw an unconfirmed rumour yesterday that Porter will soon be announcing non-stop flights from YOW to both FLL and MCO, to start this fall. Something to watch for! Definitely keep us all in the loop if they do make the announcement. We've flown out of YOW a few times when our usual YUL doesn't work, much simpler solution for us love the cheap parking ;o) If flying Porter means not having to endure AC Rouge in the winter months from YUL, we're on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowman Posted August 18, 2023 #31 Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 8/16/2023 at 11:59 AM, cmich068 said: Saw an unconfirmed rumour yesterday that Porter will soon be announcing non-stop flights from YOW to both FLL and MCO, to start this fall. Something to watch for! Porter really seems to be filling in for absentee WestJet in the east. A new Porter hanger for their E-jets is being built at YOW and I can now fly to the west coast from YOW on Porter. Never had a bad experience with Porter. Now, if they only offered premium or business class seating for Transcon flights ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmich068 Posted August 24, 2023 #32 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Official now YOW-MCO starts Nov 21 YOW-FLL starts Nov 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted August 24, 2023 #33 Share Posted August 24, 2023 4 hours ago, cmich068 said: Official now YOW-MCO starts Nov 21 YOW-FLL starts Nov 30 According to their website, you can book a flight to FLL for as early as tomorrow: It looks like Orlando flights start September 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted August 25, 2023 #34 Share Posted August 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Fouremco said: According to their website, you can book a flight to FLL for as early as tomorrow: Convenient for sure but if you try booking with Aeroplan points, they're asking for a lot more than the usual selection(s). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmich068 Posted August 25, 2023 #35 Share Posted August 25, 2023 12 hours ago, Fouremco said: According to their website, you can book a flight to FLL for as early as tomorrow: It looks like Orlando flights start September 1. Those are codeshares with JetBlue with multiple long connections, etc The non-stop flights begin operating on the dates I listed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted August 25, 2023 #36 Share Posted August 25, 2023 21 hours ago, cmich068 said: Official now YOW-MCO starts Nov 21 YOW-FLL starts Nov 30 3 hours ago, cmich068 said: Those are codeshares with JetBlue with multiple long connections, etc The non-stop flights begin operating on the dates I listed Ah, non-stop flights. That definitely makes a difference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mrell345 Posted August 27, 2023 #37 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) I was going to talk about the Porter flights to the US but someone beat me to it. Porter has started turning Ottawa into a real hub for themselves Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, New York, Boston, Halifax, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Thunder bay, Edmonton, Vancouver. Plus the maintenance hangars here. Since they couldn't fly the new jets out of Billy Bishop they seem to have now found their second home base. Edited August 27, 2023 by mrell345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted August 27, 2023 #38 Share Posted August 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, mrell345 said: I was going to talk about the Porter flights to the US but someone beat me to it. Porter has started turning Ottawa into a real hub for themselves Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, New York, Boston, Halifax, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Thunder bay, Edmonton, Vancouver. Plus the maintenance hangars here. Since they couldn't fly the new jets out of Billy Bishop they seem to have now found their second home base. I thought the new terminal in Montreal airport would be one of their hubs https://onemileatatime.com/news/montreal-saint-hubert-airport-terminal-porter/#:~:text=Porter expanding to a second Montreal Airport&text=Construction on the new terminal,over four million passengers annually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lx200gps Posted August 27, 2023 #39 Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ex-Airbalancer said: I thought the new terminal in Montreal airport would be one of their hubs https://onemileatatime.com/news/montreal-saint-hubert-airport-terminal-porter/#:~:text=Porter expanding to a second Montreal Airport&text=Construction on the new terminal,over four million passengers annually. Keep in mind that the new Porter terminal is at YHU, St Hubert airport, south of Montreal island and not a very practical option for anyone not living on Montreal's "south shore". It's a 50Km drive from YUL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted August 27, 2023 #40 Share Posted August 27, 2023 18 minutes ago, lx200gps said: Keep in mind that the new Porter terminal is at YHU, St Hubert airport, south of Montreal island and not a very practical option for anyone not living on Montreal's "south shore". It's a 50Km drive from YUL. You think Billy Bishop is practical! my daughter was catching a flight on Thursday , it took the Porter shuttle a hour to drive 3.1 km from union station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lx200gps Posted August 27, 2023 #41 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Ex-Airbalancer said: You think Billy Bishop is practical! my daughter was catching a flight on Thursday , it took the Porter shuttle a hour to drive 3.1 km from union station Never flown in or out of it, so can't say, I've always "used" Pearson. Heck, for three Km I'd have simply walked it ;o) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 27, 2023 #42 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Ex-Airbalancer said: You think Billy Bishop is practical! my daughter was catching a flight on Thursday , it took the Porter shuttle a hour to drive 3.1 km from union station Must be construction season 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mrell345 Posted August 27, 2023 #43 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, lx200gps said: Keep in mind that the new Porter terminal is at YHU, St Hubert airport, south of Montreal island and not a very practical option for anyone not living on Montreal's "south shore". It's a 50Km drive from YUL. Better than Mirabel and you have the EXO/AMT station right there Edited August 27, 2023 by mrell345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRch Posted October 17, 2023 #44 Share Posted October 17, 2023 We are going on a nov 21 cruise and would have loved to fly porter but they started a day too late for us. We ended up booking American from Toronto as that was the cheapest. We are flying to Miami even though our cruise is out of Fort Lauderdale because the prices to Fll were nuts. I get an alert frequently for a west jet flight to Fll and it is fluctuating between $2700 and $3000 for 2 people not including luggage and seat. Crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dismomx5 Posted October 18, 2023 #45 Share Posted October 18, 2023 4 hours ago, SRch said: We are going on a nov 21 cruise and would have loved to fly porter but they started a day too late for us. We ended up booking American from Toronto as that was the cheapest. We are flying to Miami even though our cruise is out of Fort Lauderdale because the prices to Fll were nuts. I get an alert frequently for a west jet flight to Fll and it is fluctuating between $2700 and $3000 for 2 people not including luggage and seat. Crazy! That IS crazy. WJ really doesn't want to deal with Eastern Canada, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted October 18, 2023 #46 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, SRch said: We are going on a nov 21 cruise and would have loved to fly porter but they started a day too late for us. We ended up booking American from Toronto as that was the cheapest. We are flying to Miami even though our cruise is out of Fort Lauderdale because the prices to Fll were nuts. I get an alert frequently for a west jet flight to Fll and it is fluctuating between $2700 and $3000 for 2 people not including luggage and seat. Crazy! Seems kinda high. Air Canada is quoting YYZ/FLL round trips for that general period of time in the $1,000 range for comfort class. Edited October 18, 2023 by d9704011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mrell345 Posted December 19, 2023 #47 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Just waiting for our YOW - FLL flight and already getting delayed message. Scheduled departure was 1645 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mrell345 Posted December 19, 2023 #48 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) The problem today seems to be a bunch of porter flights leaving for US in a short period and not enough gate agents Edited December 19, 2023 by mrell345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mrell345 Posted December 19, 2023 #49 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Now they announced it’s because we are waiting for people from a connecting flight that have to clear security and customs. ETD now 18:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted December 19, 2023 #50 Share Posted December 19, 2023 That flight finally departed at 17:45, late as usual. These screen shots give a very depressing on-time performance summary for those of us booked on this particular flight. Hopefully things will improve by time we fly in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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