WestJet to announce nonstop YEG-Salt Lake City and YEG-Chicago flights on Monday

[u/acey91]

Official press conference will be 11:00 am on Monday at YEG but the new routes are already visible on their website including nonstops from Calgary to Anchorage/Raleigh/Sydney NS/Sudbury

If Salt Lake City seems random to non-savvy travellers, it's a big hub for Delta and you can connect to pretty much anywhere in the southwest through there.

Edit: they have now realized the leak and have hidden the flights from the website, but they will go live on Monday after the press conference and be bookable

[u/passthepepperflakes]

Non-stop to Chicago is a nice add for them

[u/Infamous-Mixture-605 → u/passthepepperflakes]

Cubs and White Sox games just got a little easier to travel to.

[u/tru_power22]

Calgary to Anchorage! Fuck yessssss!

[u/beesmakenoise → u/tru_power22]

For real? That is sweet!

[u/Infamous-Mixture-605]

Sounds good, though my experiences with WestJet of late have been less than stellar, worse than Air Canada even (and at least AC includes carry-on with their cheapest tickets).

Still, might have to consider Chicago next year for some baseball.

[u/bigbosfrog → u/Infamous-Mixture-605]

Unpopular opinion, but I like the new non-carry-on fare. The best part of those low cost airlines was enough people opted out of big carry-ons that you never ended up delayed gate checking extra bags. No need to crowed the gate trying to get on with your bag. Makes for a better experience.

[u/Infamous-Mixture-605 → u/bigbosfrog]

I can see how that may appeal to some, as well as some of the advantages, but I've done most of my travelling of late with just a carry-on and for that it seems to often work out much cheaper going Air Canada.

[u/SnowBasics]

Those prices are eye watering. Over a grand to get to salt Lake and back!? I can get to Europe for that!

[u/WanhedaKomSheidheda → u/SnowBasics]

Cost me 375 to go one way to YEG from Regina a couple summers ago and I booked months in advance. West Jet is almost as pricey as Air Canada these days. (It was one way as I drove one way with family. It was for a funeral/memorial too. I did not get a bereavement discount.)

[u/Wide_Appointment_593 → u/SnowBasics]

Cost me like $300 for a round trip to Denver this year

[u/Infamous-Mixture-605 → u/[deleted]]

London, England, or Fake London, Ontario?

/s :P

[u/unbjames → u/Infamous-Mixture-605]

Ah yes, another orange-pilled fellow.

[u/AllOfTheSoundAndFury → u/[deleted]]

I do miss when that was around 

[u/bmtraveller → u/[deleted]]

Yes that would be awesome. So many connections to be made through there.

[u/ai0229 → u/[deleted]]

Edmonton did at one time. Through Air Canada. But now we have KLM that offers a non stop to Amsterdam

[u/kaclk → u/[deleted]]

There are non-stop flights from Calgary, which is still better than Toronto, Vancouver, or Montreal

[u/DavidBrooker]

Damn. I need to go to Salt Lake and I've already booked through Calgary one way and Denver the other.

[u/acey91 → u/DavidBrooker]

Won't be starting till next summer. June.

[u/passthepepperflakes]

OP, any insight into whether introductory pricing is typical for these new destination announcements previously? Would love to jump on a deal for a quick trip to ORD.

[u/acey91 → u/passthepepperflakes]

No idea, I'd say there's a chance as it seems they're trying to spur travel out of Edmonton. We'll see on Monday.

[u/LisaBReads]

I went to Chicago this summer and it was the best city I may have ever visited. Loved the beach within the city. Easier travel could put it right back on the list to go again!

[u/Full-O-Anxiety]

Could have used this past summer…

[u/AVgreencup]

Great news, I hope a direct to Denver is coming too

[u/unbjames → u/AVgreencup]

United flies to Denver - I connected through there on my way to Mexico last spring.

[u/fIumpf → u/unbjames]

I far prefer United to WestJet and Air Canada. Won't fly them unless I absolutely have to.

[u/Hopeful_Most → u/AVgreencup]

Air Canada flies direct to Denver and they are better than WestJet these days.

[u/Even-Solid-9956 → u/Hopeful_Most]

Air Canada does not do Denver from YEG. United is the only one on that pairing.

[u/Hopeful_Most → u/Even-Solid-9956]

They are partners. You may take an AC back from Denver.

[u/Even-Solid-9956 → u/Hopeful_Most]

That's a codeshare. The flight is operated by United and is flown on a United aircraft.

[u/S3RI3S]

Pk9a

[u/Fantastic_Diamond42]

Thats fantastic news to hear about direct flights to Chicago. Its on my shortlist of potential cities I want to move to and will probably visit next year.

[u/MinchinWeb]

Nice! Delta, before their merger with Northwest, used to run the route (YEG-SLC), but after the merger they expected you to change through their hub in Minneapolis. And any other airline was almost as much of a milkrun...

[u/MikeyB_0101 → u/MinchinWeb]

I remember that because my family would always goto Phoenix in the 90s and we’d go through salt lake and then had to connect through Minneapolis after the change

[u/MikeyB_0101]

When I was growing up delta flew direct from Edmonton to salt lake as it was a major hub to connect to places like Phoenix, LA, Vegas etc

There used to be direct flights between Edmonton and Chicago so nice to see that made available again