Note to self: don't try to sneak into town on a weekend that you might be expected to show up...

So, I ran into the tail-end of a 24 hour special about a week or so ago so I had booked a flight back into the valley in July in an attempt to sneak up on my parents.

Anyways, a couple of days later I received a message relayed via my sister from my parents who were somewhere in Northern BC at the time. Basically I was offered the airmiles for a flight out to BC at the time if I'd be willing to fork out for the surcharges and taxes. It's a tad hard to refuse someone willing to offer you a "free" flights. Eventually I simply had to spill the beans as I ran out of other excuses for why I couldn't fly that weekend. Ah well, guess this just means that I'll have to try this again sometime later.