VIA RAIL Resumed Operations - 60% off until July 29

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If you are interested in taking the VIA train (example - from Quebec to Montreal), please check this out. I tried to check the time schedule but the website is busy right now.

 

60% discount on the adult regular fare in Economy class for travel anywhere across Canada; 60% off the adult regular fare in Business class (VIA 1) for travel in the Québec City-Windsor corridor, or 60% off the adult regular fare in Touring class (Totem) between Jasper, Alberta and Prince George or Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Children between the ages of 2-11 (inclusive) pay half of the discounted adult fare.

Valid for travel between July 26 and December 14, 2009 (inclusive).

Applicable to new bookings only.

Tickets must be purchased no later than 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, and can be purchased online at viarail.ca, by telephone at 1 888 VIA-RAIL (1 888 842-7245) or TTY 1 800 268-9503 (hearing impaired), in person at a VIA station, or through your travel agent.

Once issued, there are no service charges for refund or exchange.

Should you wish to exchange an existing booking to take advantage of this special offer, any service charges for a refund or exchange which are applicable to your original tickets will be applied prior to issuing your new tickets.

No discount code is required to obtain this special fare. Pricing is completely automated.

This offer cannot be combined with any other discount or promotion (except VIA's Kids travel free! promotion, when available). Offer does not apply to group fares, tickets issued by tour operators, block booking, rail passes, travel passes, or tickets obtained free of charge in exchange for VIA Préférence points.

Minimum fares (before taxes) apply as follows: Adults: $20; 60+: $18; Youth: $15; Students: $14; Children: $10

Other conditions may apply.

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Due to POPULAR demand, the 60% off sale has been extended to Friday, July 31.

 

It is almost impossible to get through VIA Rail's phone lines. We called many times and couldn't get through.

 

The website is soooo slow. The best time to do your booking is very late at night or very early in the morning.

 

2nd day of sale (July 28) -

- My daughter was too impatient this morning with the slow website so she went to the train station in Toronto to get her tickets. The line was sooo long, it took her over an hour before she got her tickets.

 

- I booked our tickets at 06:00 PST and the whole process took close to 1 hour (very slow). I booked my nephew's ticket at 23:00 PST and it took 20 minutes.