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Canada’s Worst Airports

Pearson AirportPearson International Airport / Photo By Alana Morgan

We can choose which airlines we fly with but we have little choice when it comes to the airports that we travel through, and — as every seasoned traveler knows — airports vary widely in efficiency, service, and facilities.

At FlightNetwork.com, we believe that airports are key to ensuring that our customers have fantastic vacations, successful business trips, and make it to important events on time. So, every year we survey Canadians to find out which airports have been providing travellers with the worst experiences, which airport qualities matter most to travellers, and which airports have improved the most in the past year.

Here are the highlights from this year’s poll: Continue Reading…

Canada’s Worst Airports 2013 Infographic

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Read our blog post about the Worst Airports survey.

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Enhanced FlightNetwork Destination Guides Include Insider Picks

FlightNetwork.com contains enormous amounts of valuable information for travellers. Our destination guides have always been an amazing resource and now we’ve made them even better. We’ve been quietly rolling out new and enhanced destination guides for months and it’s about time we told you about them.

Destination Guide

Excerpt from FlightNetwork’s destination guide to Indianapolis

The element we’re most excited about is the introduction of Insider Picks. Insider Picks are our editors’ selections of interesting and noteworthy attractions, accommodations, restaurants, shops, and other local businesses that we recommend to our customers. Continue Reading…

The Language of Upgrades [Video]

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At FlightNetwork.com, we understand that travel can be difficult – sometimes downright unpleasant.  Some travelers, however, have figured out how to improve their experience by  learning how to get freebies and upgrades when they fly.  Mark Bowden of TruthPlane, Inc. – an internationally renowned body language expert who consults for top-tier public speakers ranging from leaders of industry to leaders of countries — says you too can be an upgrade champion.  All it takes is learning what non-verbal signals you might be sending, and practicing the effective ones.

You might not be aware that your smile is unwittingly hostile-looking, that when you lean toward someone you’re being viewed as aggressive even though you meant well!  Mark tells us the keys to making friends and influencing the airline employees.  Turn that frown upside and get ready to be surprised by the results.  To learn more, watch the video above or, if you’re the reading type, check out Mark’s quick tips, and become a travel expert yourself.

How to Get Free Flight Upgrades [Photos]

Credit: Yoshi Aka

Credit: Yoshi Aka

Convincing an airline employee to give you an upgrade may seem difficult, but a few simple tricks can greatly improve your chance of success. The problem with making this kind of request is that people will often speak words that they  think will encourage the employee to say “yes,” while their body is actually telling the person to say “no.”  Body language expert Mark Bowden of TruthPlane, Inc. says that you need to use non-verbal clues, like cavemen did before spoken language, to get a postive response. Continue Reading…