mont tremblant, here we come!

So a while back we decided to buy some Mont Tremblant lift passes because they seemed like a good deal. The one problem with this was that we then needed to go out and use them at some point. Two per person, even.

Mont Tremblant, Quebec, is the nearest decent place to go skiing boarding, a little over two hours' drive northeast of here. Being owned by Intrawest, the resort is just another Whistler, but on a much smaller scale.

Anyway, our lift pass deal included 20% off certain accommodations. So at the end of March we and some friends will head over there for an overnight stay in a nice two-bedroom suite with a loft. Party time! (I'll get the hats.)



If this turns out to be a decent outing, maybe we'll have to try some New York mountains next year.

air kilometres

Well, we bought cheap cheap tickets for our trip to Richard's wedding in Edmonton this July. And by cheap I mean there's $4 left to buy him a snazzy wedding present; I wonder if he's still into crayons...

Actually this is probably the least we've ever paid to fly out west (into Edmonton, out of Vancouver), even if it had to be with Air Canada. Now to tell Carrie's family we're coming over...

On an unrelated note, there's a new way to collect Air Miles: the Air Miles Toolbar (for doing Yahoo searches... sorry, not Google). I'm the least likely person to add another toolbar to my Internet browser, but I just added it to a browser I don't use on a computer I don't use, and now I get to do half-hearted non-Google searches and collect air miles. 50 searches gets you 5 air miles, to a max of 30 air miles a month. Not bad at all...

Many people complain that it takes forever to earn a few Air Miles. We've been collecting for a bunch of years and always manage to pull in thousands annually (fewer now than before... thanks tuition!). It's all about being creative... like running every possible purchase through a decent mile-earning credit card. Although... we never go so far as to go shopping with a pocketful of Air Miles coupons, so I suppose we could do even better.

Unfortunately the nice deal with BMO Mastercard (1600 Air Miles or fewer to anywhere within Canada) is now over, so we gave that card the boot; I suppose flying is going to cost considerably more in Air Miles in the near future.