Minus 30 degrees below zero apparently causes problems for aeroplanes in the Prairie provinces.
We were scheduled to depart at 6.30am January 13th Saskatoon-Calgary-Cancun but received word of cancelation the day before. They rescheduled us to depart at 7.30pm but added in an overnight stay in Vancouver (now SK-VAN-CAN). On Saturday morning we learned of yet another change, slightly better, to SK-Edmonton overnight-CAN, however by Saturday afternoon we got another notice of de-icing problems, crew delays, and departure changes upon which we would be updated within the hour.
At the same time, adding to our stress was that Nick was travelling with us but on a separate booking and his cancelations did not coincide with ours. First he would possibly land in Cancun before us, then with his reschedule he would lose almost a week of his vacation.
It was impossible to get through to Westjet, so, frustrated, we sought out alternative flights. Miraculously the travel angels were on our side and we found flights at reasonable fares on Air Canada departing Monday 15 (SK-TORONTO overnight- CUN).
We applied for a Westjet refund and were thankful that during all the changes we were at least stuck at home and not abandoned elsewhere like do many other unfortunate passengers.
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| Making the most of the Toronto stop by meeting up with dear friends (Gayle, Trish, Krista) |