Confessions of a YYC Travel Junkie

[cmyden]

Deals for June 20, 2009

Seeing some interesting deals to South America on Mexicana airlines...

Calgary to Caracas, Venezuela - $603 USD

Sep 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30
Oct 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19

(10 hour layover in Mexico city on the way there)

Calgary to Bogota, Colombia - $630 USD

(24 hour layover in Mexico city on the way there)

July 29 / Aug / Sep / Oct (variety of dates)


So if you have any, uh, 'business' deals to take care of...

cM

[Zarathustra]

I found a really handy website for travel over at RFD, it's http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/login

Just login as guest. You can do a month long search for various prices. Everything is in $CAD as long as you put YYC (or some other Cdn city as the "sales city"). All prices include all taxes and fees as far as I can tell.

To continue with the South American theme, I've found:

YYC to Panama City, Panama - $672 CAD
Late Aug until late Oct with Mexicana airlines. Although there is a overnight stay in Mexico City on the way there.

YYC to Rio $745 CAD
This is for pretty much everyday from Aug until mid November.

Same deal for YYC to Sao Paulo

[cmyden]

Deals for June 21, 2009

Calgary to London (Gatwick) - $482 USD

Non-stop flight. July 2nd-9th or 3rd-10th. Air Transat.


cM

[cmyden]

Deals for June 23, 2009

Calgary to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - $566 USD

Calgary to Sao Paulo, Brazil - $551 USD

Tons of dates in July, August, September on United.

Definitely a damn good price.

[Sylvanfan]

Wow that is an awesome price. Rio is a must for any single guy, or divorced guy, or guy who wants to get divorced.

[Zarathustra]

Awesome looks like United and Continental are having a bit of a bidding war for Sao Paulo/Rio. I've found many dates for a total of $634 CAD with United!

This is a perfect opportunity for me to go to Rio. Just gotta save some money! By the end of this year I could have traveled to Auckland, Rio, and Spain! Three continents in a year is pretty good!

Thanks a lot for finding us these deals cmyden!

[cmyden]

This is a perfect opportunity for me to go to Rio. Just gotta save some money! By the end of this year I could have traveled to Auckland, Rio, and Spain! Three continents in a year is pretty good!

Nice! My girlfriends friend has been taking advantage of the deals and by the end of September will have gone to Europe twice over plus Japan for $850! ($350 dublin/ $150 spain/ $350 japan)

[cmyden]

You can add another Brazilian city to the list, just announced...

Calgary to Belo Horizonte, Brazil - $567 USD

Same deal as above, on United.

Belo Horizonte is about 450km north of Rio. No idea if it's Brazil's version of Edmonton.

cM

[Bagor]

Any deals/advice here re. travel insurance for a family of 4?

[cmyden]

For all you West coasters, or people with friends and family in the area...

VANCOUVER to pretty much everywhere in Germany - $532 USD

Looks like the list of cities are:

Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Munich.

For travel in August (second half), September, October.

Check AirBerlin.com, or Kayak.com. If you use Air Berlin, your flight should come up as about 378 Euro including all taxes, fees.

Air Berlin also gets a 4 star rating on AirlineQuality.com so you're getting a nice airline at Air Transat prices!

cM

[cmyden]

Any deals/advice here re. travel insurance for a family of 4?

I usually just go through AMA or RBC. When I buy mine, I always buy the one that gets you travel coverage for an entire year. It's usually only a little bit more than buying it for a single trip, so well worth it.

I'm not sure how it works for families, not much help there, sorry.

Last time I bought mine, it was online:
http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/travelin...ce-online.html

So you should be able to pull up a quote there.

[rockstar]

FYI those Airberlin deals seem to be for today only, folks. Tomorrow they'll be gonzo.

Thanks cmyden.

[cmyden]

Please note that a service charge of USD 15 per passenger is applicable for bookings made via the airberlin website.

Not sure if there's any way around that. Calling to book ?

[rockstar]

Oh dear.
I can fly one-way to Dusseldorf for $266 all in on October 9th.

I will spend the next 2 hours thinking it over...

[cmyden]

Oh dear.
I can fly one-way to Dusseldorf for $266 all in on October 9th.

I will spend the next 2 hours thinking it over...

http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article...eral+FAQs/751/

^^ you meant to say Munich on September 18th right?

[rockstar]

Originally Posted by cmyden

http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article...eral+FAQs/751/

^^ you meant to say Munich on September 18th right?

Ha, I WISH!
It's too early for me to go, I won't have the funds.

But yeah...if only.

[rockstar]

Goin to Dusseldorf!

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by cmyden

You can add another Brazilian city to the list, just announced...

Calgary to Belo Horizonte, Brazil - $567 USD

Same deal as above, on United.

Belo Horizonte is about 450km north of Rio. No idea if it's Brazil's version of Edmonton.

cM

It's a good base from which to get to Ouro Preto which is a nice little colonial style mining town. It's also a bit closer to Brasilia if any architecture junkies absolutely have to see that city.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Any deals/advice here re. travel insurance for a family of 4?

Not sure what kind of credit cards you have, but quite often, certain insurance comes with the card. Check yours out.

[Cactus Jack]

Originally Posted by cmyden

You can add another Brazilian city to the list, just announced...

Calgary to Belo Horizonte, Brazil - $567 USD

Same deal as above, on United.

Belo Horizonte is about 450km north of Rio. No idea if it's Brazil's version of Edmonton.

cM

It's the 3rd/4th biggest city in the country. The state of Minas Gerais is renown for it's cuisine and BH is it's biggest city. It's inland, so no beach babes there and it's not nearly the tourist haven Rio is. There are better places to go in Brazil but Ouro Preto is worth going to.