![]() That was still more than enough time to check-in, but left us virtually no time to use the lounge. We got to Zurich Airport about 90 minutes before the flight took off. Traffic moved more slowly because there was check at the German-Swiss border and the snow slowed everyone down. But packing ended up taking longer than expected and my wife wanted to go for one last run before breakfast in the crisp morning air (it was snowing), so we ended up leaving much later than expected…more like 2.5 hours before the flight. On the morning of the trip I set out to leave four hours early so we could arrive at ZRH Airport three hours early, check-in without stress, and visit the lounge prior to our flight. SWISS uses this aircraft on long haul flights. Our flight would be operated by a Boeing 777 (777-300ER to be precise). Taxes and fees totaled about $125 per-person, which includes a C$39 Air Canada booking fee on all partner awards. Business class flights on Aeroplan remain a great value. My daughter is far too big for a bassinet onboard, but I was not interested in spending an extra 70,000 miles for her own seat. My five-year-old son required his own ticket while we only purchased an infant lap ticket for my daughter, at a cost of 2,500 miles. ![]() We booked using Aeroplan points at a cost of 70,000 miles each. Zurich is the closet airpot to my in-law’s house that has nonstop service to LA and we were carrying a lot of bags, so it made sense to book this rather than travel back to Frankfurt via Basel. ![]()
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