Kelowna

Hey Ironwood....we use RBC/Westjet M/C . Leaves Kelowna 6 a.m and get to Z at about 4p.m Z time

Same here, and we've done that lousy 6 am flight out of Kelowna several times. Last time it was late leaving YLW and sat at the gate in YYC for 30 minutes before we could deplane. Had to run to catch the ZIH flight.

Oh, I almost forgot: WestJet promised our luggage would go straight through to Zihua. It didn't. And we had to wait four days for it to show up on the next Calgary/Zihua flight.

I'm one of those odd folks who thinks getting up at 3 am to catch a 6 am flight is damned inconvenient, as is arriving back in Kelowna at midnight. Convenient for airlines, a pain for passengers.

We've taken to overnighting in Calgary both ways. They've overbuilt airport-area hotels in Calgary: the prices are almost affordable.