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Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson
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Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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Mailing of this "NetLetter" is courtesy of Alan Rust administrator of
the "AC Family Network" at: http://www.acfamily.net
number 381 June 27th, 1999 BYN 1st Published in October 1995
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Biographies:
From: "Alan Withington" <
Thank you for your Email and for your first Net Letter. I
started my career with Trans Canada Airlines in March of
1958 at LHR in Maintenance working on "Connies", and then
graduating to DC 8's. In March 1965 the family and I
emigrated to Canada, and I transferred to Vancouver. Here I
worked on all the Air Canada fleet as a Certified Electronic
Technician eventually retiring in January of 1992.
Bye for now Al Withington
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SURVEY FINDS PC USAGE IN HOMES HAS DROPPED
Although PC ownership has increased significantly, usage of
home computers has dropped, reports a survey by Arbitron
NewMedia. The survey found that PC ownership has grown from
29 percent in 1995 to 54 percent in 1999, yet the percentage
of people that say they regularly use their machine has
fallen from 90 percent to 53 percent in the same time
period. Similarly, the number of PC owners with
subscriptions to ISPs has risen four-fold from 1995 to 1999,
while only two-thirds of these subscribers actually use the
Internet. One factor in these findings is the survey's
exclusion of children under the age of 16, who are often the
most active users. Another factor is a change in buyers'
motives: previously, consumers bought PCs because they were
interested in experimenting with the emerging technology,
while now, consumers buy computers because the prices are
low and they are easy to obtain. (Wall Street Journal
06/21/99)
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'Need to know'
Following table is the latest grid for Family Affair.
Update your Travel Guide in Chapter 2
*** 1999 FARE GRIDS ***
Effective Apr 1999
All fares are in ca$ and do NOT include taxes.
All fares subject to change.
ALBERTA CITYLINK, AIR CREEBEC, CENTRAL MOUNTAIN AIR &
NORTHWEST TERRITORIAL are NOT part of the FAMILY AFFAIR
PROGRAM.
If a city pair is NOT in the grids, check with the Winnipeg
Call Centreor nearest Reservations office if you reside
outside North America.
When origin and destination are in the US ()excluding
Florida and Hawaii) routing is permitted via the closest
Canadian gateway.
NORTH AMERICA
******* 1999 DOMESTIC FARE GRID ******
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ZONE 1-BC/AB 2-SK/MB 3-ON 4-QC 5-MARIT
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1-BC/AB 139 * 179 * 279 * 299 * 369 *
2-SK/MB 179 * 149 * 229 * 239 * 239 *
3-ON 279 * 229 * 149 * 149 * 189 *
4-QC 299 * 239 * 149 * 149 * 169 *
5-MARIT 369 * 239 * 189 * 169 * 139 *
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*EXCEPTION: TRAVEL BETWEEN YQT-YWG: CAD 159.00
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******* 1999 TRANSBORDER FARE GRID ******
US ZONES
NORTH WEST US : PDX / SEA
SOUTH WEST US : DEN / LAS / LAX / PHX / SFO / SJC
NORTH MIDWEST : MCI / MKE / MSP / ORD / STL
SOUTH MIDWEST : HOU / MSY
NORTH EAST US : ABE / BDL / BOS / BWI / CLE / NYC / PIT /
SYR
PHL / PVD / RIC / CMH / EWR / MDT / WAS
SOUTH EAST US : ATL / BNA / CLT / RDU
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ZONE NW SW N MID S MID NE SE
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1-BC/AB 139 * 199 * 319 * 349 * 319 * 339
2-SK/MB 199 * 269 * 239 * 269 * 239 * 259
3-ON 309 * 339 * 159 * 179 * 149 * 179
4-QC 319 * 359 * 169 * 189 * 159 * 189
5-MARIT 339 * 369 * 199 * 209 * 179 * 209
EXCEPTIONS
BC/AB TO SW EXCLUDES LAS/PHX/SJC
SK TO SW EXCLUDES LAS/PHX/SJC
MB TO SW EXCLUDES PHX/SJC
NOTE: BC/AB/SK/MB TO DEN IS VIA YEG ONLY
FOR THE ABOVE EXCEPTIONS, contact the Winnipeg Call Centre
or the nearest Reservations office if you reside outside
North America.
******* 1999 SUN DESTINATIONS FARE GRID ******
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ZONE 1-BC/AB 2-SK/MB 3-ON 4-QC 5 -MARIT
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FLORIDA 379 * 379 * 239 * 239 * 329 *
BAHAMAS 404 * 404 * 264 * 264 * 354 *
BERMUDA 404 * 404 * 264 * 264 * 354 *
YHZ-BDA DIRECT - - - - 249
CARIBBEAN 599 * 599 * 379 * 379 * 479 *
HAWAII 374 * 374 * 504 * 504 * 604 *
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ZONE NW SWN MID S MID NE SE
FLORIDA 379 * 379 * 239 * 239 * 239 * 239
BAHAMAS 404 * 404 * 264 * 264 * 264 * 264
BERMUDA 404 * 404 * 264 * 264 * 264 * 264
CARIBBEAN 599 * 599 * 379 * 379 * 379 * 379
HAWAII 374 * 374 * 504 * 504 * 504 * 504
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*** ROUTING IS PERMITTED VIA THE CLOSEST CANADIAN GATEWAY
*** EUROPE/TLV
******* 1999 EUROPE & TEL AVIV FARE GRID ******
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ZONE 1-BC/AB 2-SK/MB 3-ON 4-QC 5 -MARIT
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EUROPE 589 * 589 * 439 * 439 * 439 *
TEL AVIV 589 * 589 * 439 * 439 * 439 *
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ZONE NW SW N MID S MID NE SE
EUROPE 589 * 589 * 439 * 439 * 439 * 439
TEL AVIV 589 * 589 * 439 * 439 * 439 * 439
EUROPE INCLUDES LH CODESHARE FLIGHTS YVR/YYZ-FRA
FLORIDA AND HAWAII ARE EXCLUDED FROM US ZONES.
ASIA
******* 1999 ASIA FARE GRID ******
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ZONE 1-BC/AB 2-SK/MB 3-ON 4-QC 5 -MARIT
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SEOUL 759 * 759 * 859 * 859 * 969 *
OSAKA 759 * 759 * 859 * 859 * 969 *
HONG KONG 759 * 759 * 859 * 859 * 969 *
DELHI 859 * 859 * 759 * 759 * 759 *
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ZONE NW SW N MID S MID NE SE EUROPE
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SEOUL 759 * 759 * 859 * 859 * 859 * 859 * 1259
HONG KONG 759 * 759 * 859 * 859 * 859 * 859 * 1259
OSAKA 759 * 759 * 859 * 859 * 859 * 859 * 1259
DELHI 859 * 859 * 759 * 759 * 759 * 759 * 669
NOTE: EUROPE TO DELHI FARE IS APPLICABLE FROM LHR ONLY
FLORIDA AND HAWAII ARE EXCLUDED FROM US ZONES.
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Terry's travel tips.
European break-a-ways. 6 days/4 nights.
Paris from us$399 pp dbl.
Rome from us$499 pp dbl.
Milan from us$449 pp dbl.
Amsterdam from us$439 pp dbl.(5 days/3 nights)
Budapest from us$699 pp dbl.
Lucerne from us$599 pp dbl.
Price include space available on Delta, British Airways,
Iberia,
Swissair, Northwest or TWA.
Call 1-800-935-9444 for more details
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Smilies.
More sent in by John Hayes, of conversations with a travel
agency. A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it
was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and
got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan
was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she could not understand
the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the plane went
very fast, and she bought that!
I just got off the phone with a man who asked, "How do I
know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he
meant, which he replied, "I was told my flight number is
823, but none of these damn planes have numbers on them."
That's it for this time, please we need your input, send
comments and email addresses of any others who may be
interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry.
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Bye for now,
Vesta in Victoria.
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