59 - Friday, December 13, 1985 - North Shore News
ee ry TENE SEES

BUYING Bon Voyage
gifts for a traveller?

Nice idea - but, hold it!
Are you adding to their trip
or adding something that’s a
bigger nuisance “than a
squalling infant at a | wed-
ding?

The first long overseas trip
I .took, a close relative
bought me a corsage which
he presented to me at the
airport. It was absolutely
lovely.

Little did he know that it
was the biggest pain in the
butt I’ve coped with for
quite a spell. Ever try sleep-
ing on a flight pinned toa
corsage?

But, if you don’t wear it,
whatinhell do you do with
it? I pinned it to the back of
the seat in front of me where
it withered - when it wasn't
being knocked-off (right into
my rubber steak) by the guy
in the seat ahead.

Worse, it branded me -

Pn fer
travel-

Business people are flying Pacific Western.
And here are the reasons why:
Great new low prices.

AeroPtan Acroplan AcroPlan
Return Bonus Miles Return Bonus Miles Return —_ Bonus Miles
Vancouver to: Price each way — Vancouver to: $38 each way Vancouver to: $256 vach way
ij Castlegar $179 500 Kelowna 138 500 Sandspit 259 750
by Barbara Cranbrook 209 750 Penticton $138 500 Smithers $245 . 750°
McCreadie Dawson Creek $279 750 Port Hardy $159 500 Terrace “$249 - 750
Ey Kamloops $138 500 PrinceGeorge $219 750 WilliamsLake $147 . 500
Quesnel $159 500
just when I was doing my ° °
Joe Cool routine - as a

first-timer. Give me a cor- ae . as: .
sage on Mother’s Day but lop of the line 737 jet service.

please not at the airport. I’m ; ain canana @) AeroPian frequent flyer benefits on every flight. And until

hardly a_ first-timer on AGE ED, February 28 receive additional AcroPlan bonus miles cach
U 7 —— .

Mother's Day, or at an air- SERRE way when you fly at these low prices.

port but some situations are : sprites theatle epee :

easier to pull off than In-flight service that’s second to none, ;

others, Convenient departure times and connections to other major centres.
Want to know the next- No pre- booking requirements. Just book your return fight. Then go.

worst goodbye gift? Candy. No minimum stay requirements.

In a box. In a big box. First,

if it isn’t melting or bulging

your handbag, it’s adding On your next trip, fly Pacific Western. It just makes good business sense.

porn you spend a few Call your, travel agent for reservations,

weeks eating in budget res-
taurants, you need extra
pounds (either to carry in a
sack or around your middle)
like you need three

mothers-in-law. :
Right up there with the r
all-time bad gifts is a bottle Pa i€ Ww ste
of Apricot Brandy (a forty- Ci ICS e rm

pounder). Maybe, at one
time in your life, you liked a
tiny glass of this crud. But,
who needs to lug it through
Athens, Cairo and Venice?
Besides, after those stops -
and those walks, all you
probably need is a glass of
beer or a cup of tea, Ever
seen Athens with a
hangover?

Then, what do you give

DFATOS

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