Carol of Capri Travel here in Kelowna was incredible when my wife’s parents suddenly passed away and she wanted to return to France for their funeral. She got a good deal on a direct flight (Air France) from Vancouver to Paris and booked my wife at the Fairmount at YVR so she would be in good time to get the AF flight which left YVR early on a Monday
Without warning, Air France cancelled the flight the next day, the Saturday before. My wife had already taken a COVID test which had to prove negative and be taken within 72 hours of an overseas flight.
Working on that weekend, Carol found an Air Canada flight out of YVR for my wife that would connect with an Air France flight to Paris leaving out of Montreal, and would leave before the 72-hour window of validity for the COVID test would close.
The time was getting close on the Sunday afternoon to check in at Kelowna airport, YLW, but we had no confirmation or ticket. Carol assured us she would keep working on the ticket but said it was important to set off and get there on time, by which time the ticket would be ready at the check-in desk.
There was also the question of payment for the new flight. At first, the airlines were demanding fresh payments for the tickets with a promise to refund whatever we had paid by cheque later in the week. After we raised our concerns, Carol finangled it so we would only have to pay an extra amount. That settled, we set off for YLW without a ticket, praying all would be fine when we arrived. Thanks to Carol’s great organization it was. The ticket was there at the check-in and when my wife finally boarded the Air France flight in Montreal, she did so with just 1 hour to spare on her COVID-19 test (which had come through negative the day before).
Thank you Carol, from both of us for making this difficult but necessary trip possible.