MIAC Convention Fare and Air Savings Program
MIAC is partnering with Maritime Travel to help members and show attendees reduce their costs of getting together at the MIAC 2008 and PAL Showcase or while flying for other business. Members and show attendees can now either use Maritime Travel or book themselves.
Call Maritime Travel for
» Negotiated WestJet Convention Rates for 10% off WestJet's best available airfares (1)
» Entertainment rates savings of 10% to 20% with major North American airlines
» Seat sale savings with all airlines
» Guaranteed lowest available airfare at time of booking
» Bilingual service
» 24/7 helpline for off hour service or emergencies
» Cost is $40 fee (pretax) per booking or ticket reissue, $25 (pretax) for web ticket reissue
Or Call WestJet direct for
» Negotiated WestJet Convention Rates for 10% off WestJet's best available airfares (1)
» Call 1-888-493-7853 and quote QC #3518
» No cost
MIAC members and show attendees west of Winnipeg call Maritime Travel's Vancouver office and all others call their New Brunswick office.
Vancouver, Toll free North America line is 1-866-655-1331 or call 604-681-6212.
Please ask for Inger Jackson, Sheila McPhail or Janet Toye.
New Brunswick, Toll free North American line is 1-866-632-1880 or call 506-632-1880 collect. Ask for Alison Hill and for French only speaking travellers, Christiane DeGrasse
Maritime Travel is an award winning Canadian owned travel company with 80 offices coast to coast. They have extensive experience looking after business travelers in all sized organizations, people in the music/entertainment business and touring musicians. Please see the "What does Maritime Travel Offer" information sheet below for further information on their Business Travel Services. In Western Canada they operate as Maritime Travel @ the Bay, in Newfoundland they operate as LeGrow's Travel and in the rest of Canada, Maritime Travel. Maritime Travel have set up convention fares with WestJet for our next Canadian convention and will provide MIAC with a report showing airline usage and air fares booked compared to other clients so we can evaluate the program's success.
(1) These benefits don't apply to seat sales because no one can predict future competitive conditions and how each airline will respond. Members can fly 3 days before or after the Convention. WestJet charges $30/person for name changes after 24 hours before departure, $30/person for itinerary changes after 24 hours before departure and any difference in fare/person and $50/person for cancellations up to 2 hours prior to departure. All WestJet charges are pretax.
For further information, call Dave Eastman of Maritime Travel, 416-230-9433.
Supplementary document: "What Makes Maritime Travel Unqiue" (PDF).
