YYZ -> Japan $540, YVR -> Japan $510 Non-stop (May 2021)

y2imm wrote: ↑ Relying on CC issuers to cover customers is a crapshoot. Various CC issuers are obstructing and in some cases outright refusing to initiate chargebacks, parroting the airlines use of force majeure, fair compensation, and other nonsense. Airlines are currently ignoring contract law, case law, and existing court decisions with respect to refunds, all with the tacit approval of the CTA and the current government. Simply put, buying from a Canadian airline in the current climate is grossly unwise, regardless of the low prices. Customers who are eligible are receiving better protections from the US DOT and EU than from our own Canadian air passenger protection system.

Specifically, the Aviation Enforcement Office will refrain from pursuing an enforcement action against a carrier that provided passengers vouchers for future travel in lieu of refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed flights during the COVID-19 public health emergency

MeatJuice wrote: ↑ So credit cards most likely will not cover for your losses in airfare when an airline goes bankrupt, but claims for compensation through TICO will be reimbursed? Where would TICO get enough money for all that?

The Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) is an organization mandated by the Ontario government to administer the Ontario Travel Industry Act, 2002 and Ontario Regulation 26/05 which governs all of the approximately 2,400 travel retailers and travel wholesalers registered in Ontario.

MeatJuice wrote: ↑ But would a credit card company still have to honour refunds of an airline that goes down due to a pandemic that resulted in losses and insolvency to the airline?