46 ~ Sunday, December 13, 1992 - North Shore News TRAVEL Airlines tempt £ passengers with | bargains galore IT’S THAT time again, when young dreamers see sleighs soaring south from the pole. Big people can dream as well, of exotic places, romantic hideaways, not to mention seat sales in first class. . : Fact is there are always bargains about, even at this time of the » Cathay Pacific Airways, for ex- ample, is currently offering Cana- dian travellers the luxury of - first-class travel for the price of a business-class ticket. Travel has to be completed by the end of January, and it applies between Vancouver and Hong Kong as well as eight other on- ward destinations in Asia — Taipei, Kaohsiung, Manila, Bangkok, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta. Travellers in Cathay Pacific first class enjoy personal TV sets at their seats, 4% feet of legroom Gif. you think in metric go to the “back ‘of the bus), a moving feast - and: the freedom to decide when - to eat it. The wines are also wonderful, but be warned that they draw the line at sedan chairs when you get there. Many people upgrade = You don’t have to be twenty and gorgeous! Tilleys are for everyone! FREE Cata 1-800-387-0110 BUTHE WORLD S BEST TRAVEL.CLOTHING: “Bring a Friend” Clinic RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR CLINIC Lions Gate Hospital Medical Day Centre Gymnasium business class now and again. For those who do, here’s a chance to do some very high flying. (Return fare, business class, Vancouver- Hong Kong, is $3,168). Japan Alrlines, meanwhile, is offering upgrades to full-economy passengers who fly before the end of March. First- and business-class pas- sengers get a limousine pickup at Tokyo and two-night stay at the Imperial Hotel, a package worth about $250, as well as triple mile- age points. (My favorite shopper reckons that the mountains of groceries she has bought with her Air Miles card has so far earned her enough miles to get halfway to Nanaimo.) Still in the Orient, Singapore Airlines is launching a promotion next month in which all passen- gers who spent more than S$100 (C$77) are eligible for an inflight lucky draw, the winner receiving a free economy-class return ticket. Looking the other way, to Europe, Air Canada is offering discounts, including $50 per per- son off its most popular package, ithe London Theatre program, as well as $100 per couple savings or most custom packages from its Europe brochure, Fly first or business class, or full-fare economy, and you get a free car rental for a week. The London Theatre package starts at $326 per person, and in- cludes four nights at an Edwar- dian hotel, seats to a choice of the Phantom, Miss Saigon or Les Miserables, breakfasts and more. Britain, by the way, is much better value these days. This summer the pound was up to about $2.40 but now below §2. Such a situation might tempt visitors to do it up at Claridge’s for New Year’s Eve, where a five-course dinner, a bottle of champagne, dancing to Pzemier Cru, and with a herald trumpeter and piper to do their duty, runs Wessdake Center . e Seattle Opera tense e e Pike Place Market ° Smutk Tower bd Ant Muscuns aay LEST A SAMPAN rider in ziong Kong gets the first-class section to himself. Or if you’re feeling flush, there can be no better night in London than the gala dinner at the Savoy, including a champagne reception, seven-course dinner in the River Room, breakfast in the Pinafore Room, and the band of the Grenadier Guards marching in the new year. AH for a little over $1,000 a couple. Out in the Cotswolds coun- tryside, where the Lygon Arms has a four-night Christmas holi- day for almost $750 a night, with a fifth night’s stay free, we note that according to a press release, families {including dogs and children) are always welcome. Air Canada flight AIR CANADA'S last remaining Boeing 727 aircraft made its final flight on Nov. 26 to mark the end of an era in the company’s ser- vices. Part of the Air Canada fleet since 1974, the cockpit of the Boe- ing 727, with its many dials and gauges, is reminiscent of a dif- ferent era of technology compared to today’s ‘‘glass cockpit’? of liq- uid crystal display screens. : The airline began its fleet Spuce Nerdle e Seattle Conter ° Stk Avenue Thate e Bon Marcle @ YOu ARE HERE. Elhott Bay Books bd Pronecr Squaste e Trolley Ayutrsum e e Note the order! They are different. Could be that’s why we travel. Closer to home, flights around Christmas are heavily booked as usual, this despite the trend for travellers to defer travel plans later, if not to the last minute, making life very tense for tour operators. urs However, none would disagree with Sadie Feenan at Canadian Holidays, who says you never. , know your luck (even if youre not Irish) and people who want to get away at the fith hour should always check with a travel agent. marks end of era renewal program in February 1990 by gradually replacing the Boeing 727 with the more advanced Air- bus A220. The latter was selected as an ideal aircraft for Air Canada’s domestic, trans-border and high-density commuter mar- kets for its commercial, technical and financial advantages. To date, 31 A320s have been added to Air Canada’s fleet. The remaining three wiil be delivered by June 1993, Volunteer Part e Jag Alley e Pararneantt Theatre 2 Capnod Lilt ° The Improv ; No Moora! ° eden . 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