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Originally Posted by FFR
Couple of factors this year. First, depends when you are looking. March is generally expensive due to spring breaks from all over North America happening throughout the month. Additionally there was a huge cut in the number of flights going down this year to all destinations. Less supply with same demand means higher prices.
The crappy CAD is also playing a factor - even though you pay in CAD, everything is priced on the back end as USD.
Finally, we have seen a large push of travel at the end of winter because of the media presence of Zika falling off. No one is talking about it anymore so people forget about it and decide to travel. And there is a small contingent of people who might normally go somewhere in the USA who are choosing other destinations.
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This is all excellent, thanks for this info! What would be the factor in less seat capacity for the airlines? Is this just for YYC or other departure cities in Canada? I would assume it would be economy related to keep the load factors and revenue per seat up if its only an Alberta based scenario.
I guess the dollar is also a factor, I was debating it with a friend but I figured the dollar was in a similar territory give or take when we were there in summer and fall.
Any other suggestions for us finding a deal to somewhere like Cancun? We are flexible with dates 100% so going now isn't necessary.
Thanks again for the excellent info, a lot of it makes more sense now.