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CALGARY, April 4 /CNW/ - WestJet (TSX:WJA) today announced the
introduction of a Guardian Fare to replace its Unaccompanied Minor Program.
The Guardian Fare will allow parents or guardians to escort their children, at
a substantially reduced rate, to their desired destination and then return
immediately to their city of origin.
"WestJet takes every precaution within our control to ensure that our
guests, including our littlest guests, have a safe experience," said Sean
Durfy, WestJet President and CEO. "We are very proud of the service we offered
in the past. However, we realize not all situations can be anticipated by our
airline. Therefore, we have implemented a new program that minimizes risk and
ultimately enables our young guests to get to their destination more safely."

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Below are more details regarding the Guardian Fare:

- A guardian will receive a fifty per cent fare reduction and must be
18 years of age or older

- A guardian is assigned at the time of booking and is responsible for
the transportation of the child

- Children eligible to travel on the Guardian Fare program must be 11
years and under

- The Guardian Fare is only valid for one person travelling with the
child(ren)

- Guardians must return to their city of origin within 24 hours of
their outbound flight

- Two different people may be designated as guardians at the time of
travel - one from the originating city and one returning back from
the destination

- Guardian Fare bookings must be made through the WestJet Sales Super
Centre at 1-800-538-5696
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For more information about the Guardian Fare, visit the Travel Info
section at westjet.com.
For those guests who have already booked Unaccompanied Minor fares,
WestJet will honour bookings until May 1 2008.
WestJet remains committed to ensuring all guests travel safely and will
continue to look at new approaches. Once the Guardian Fare has been rolled out
across WestJet's network, the airline will be in a position to comment
further.

About WestJet

WestJet is Canada's leading high-value low-cost airline offering
scheduled service throughout its 47-city North American and Caribbean network.
Named Canada's most admired corporate culture in 2005, 2006 and 2007, WestJet
pioneered low-cost flying in Canada. With increased legroom and leather seats
on its modern fleet of 73 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft, and live
seatback television provided by Bell ExpressVu, WestJet strives to be the
number one choice for travellers.