CANADA'S GREAT NORTH- YUKON & ALBERTA

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The inspiration for this trip was a PR blurb about a music festival scheduled in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada, scheduled for right about... today. Well, combining two of my favorite things-music and travel-in one sentence, one idea, one plan, naturally got my little brain synapses firing. Add to that the fact that at some sixty-four degrees north latitude, Dawson is one of the continent's most northerly towns, and there's a strong attraction there, I having something of an obsession with the Great North. The realities are not so easy, though. For one thing, Dawson is tiny and a long way from anywhere. The capital Whitehorse is not much better, and it's over three hundred miles away to the south. Air Canada is the only major airline going there. I looked through my frequent flyer statements and decided that my BofA credit card miles might be my only hope. Fortunately I saw a connection there to Aeroplan, which is Air Canada's frequent flyer program, and bingo, they've got a flight to Whitehorse from LAX for only 25,000 miles! But the dates don't match, bummer, no free seats available during the festival period.

I then realized that Calgary has a much bigger festival only a week after and all flights to Whitehorse connect in either Calgary or Vancouver, so... I try for a multi-destination flight- stranger things have happened- and BAM! I got it again, still only 25, 000 miles, this the equivalent of $250 (almost any credit card will rebate you 1% for your loyalty), for a flight that would normally cost $1000! There's only one problem. I can't get the points to transfer correctly online. So I call BofA card services. They say I'm not eligible for Aeroplan. Then why is it on the site? I call Aeroplan. They say, "Mais, oui, monsieur, we will open an account for you and then you can transfer the points yourself, easy, non? I cross my fingers, try again, then BAM! I got it. I even lost sleep knowing that flight would disappear while I deliberated. But how can I be deliberate if I don't deliberate?

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