Confessions of a YYC Travel Junkie

[Buzzard]

Hey Cmyden. I'm looking for the best round trip fare to PVR from YYC aproximately Aug.2- Aug.9. I see Westjet at $369 both ways. Do you think I can find something better if I hold out a while?

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by Buzzard

Hey Cmyden. I'm looking for the best round trip fare to PVR from YYC aproximately Aug.2- Aug.9. I see Westjet at $369 both ways. Do you think I can find something better if I hold out a while?

I never like to predict prices, but I've found that if prices are going to drop, it's usually around 2-3 months ahead. So it's probably worth waiting until at least May to see. Set up a fare alert on Kayak or Orbitz in the mean time to let you know if the price drops.

[Captain_Obvious]

Does anyone have much experience flying from Calgary to Dallas?

Am looking for a one-way flight from YYC to DFW on Thurs March 11th...

seems like American Airlines is the only one I can find that flies direct, and the price seems pretty firm at $300 - $350 Canadian for the one-way flight.

Seems steep to me.

Anyone fly to Dallas much? What airline and do you fly direct? Is that price about right?

[jjbouma]

Originally Posted by Captain_Obvious

Does anyone have much experience flying from Calgary to Dallas?

Am looking for a one-way flight from YYC to DFW on Thurs March 11th...

seems like American Airlines is the only one I can find that flies direct, and the price seems pretty firm at $300 - $350 Canadian for the one-way flight.

Seems steep to me.

Anyone fly to Dallas much? What airline and do you fly direct? Is that price about right?

Looks like AA is the only airline to fly direct from YYC to DFW. There are more choices to fly into Houston direct. Otherwise, United flies to DFW through DEN and US Airways through PHX. Looking at prices though, the non-direct flights are around the same price. I've flown to Houston a couple of times and you can usually expect to pay at least $600 r/t unless there's a seat sale.

[cgygotjacked2004]

Calgary to Orlando for $337

$337 Continental
YYC to MCO
MCO to YYC
Fri, Apr 16
Sat, Apr 24

[Boblobla]

The wife is looking to go to the States to see her Grandfather. Either into DFW or Austin. Leaving on April 1 and return April 10/11. I know specific dates suck but what is the best deal right now?

Thanks in advance.

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by cgygotjacked2004

Calgary to Orlando for $337

$337 Continental
YYC to MCO
MCO to YYC
Fri, Apr 16
Sat, Apr 24

There's actually quite a few dates in Mar/Apr for about that price if anyone is interested. Orlando is routinely the best bang for your buck if you consider how far you're going for your dollar. A lot of the cheaper ones use one airline down there, and another one back. If anyone's looking let me know and I can post some combos.

Jacksonville (JAX) Florida has also been posting great fares lately which is a bit more unusual. Tons of dates in Mar/Apr for $322 USD all in on Delta.

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

The wife is looking to go to the States to see her Grandfather. Either into DFW or Austin. Leaving on April 1 and return April 10/11. I know specific dates suck but what is the best deal right now?

Thanks in advance.

Dallas: Apr 1-10, $631 USD after taxes on American Airlines. It's the cheapest flight, and it's also direct both ways.

Austin: Apr 1-10, $663 USD on Continental. Layover in Houston each way.

[cmyden]

Calgary to London, Gatwick - $510 USD

Feb 27 - Mar 6
Air Transat

Round trip, inc tax.

[Ace]

I've had to fly to Dallas a few times, and from my experiance it rarly ever goes on "sale".

With AA they seem to have the habit on this route of continually increasing prices the closer you get to the date. It has always seemed better to me to book early when going to Dallas...

[FFR]

Originally Posted by cgygotjacked2004

Calgary to Orlando for $337

$337 Continental
YYC to MCO
MCO to YYC
Fri, Apr 16
Sat, Apr 24

Price is $311 if you select April 27 to May 5, 2010. You fly down on American and back on Continental. Husband and I are just figuring out if we can afford it - it's a ridiculously good price.

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by FFR

Price is $311 if you select April 27 to May 5, 2010. You fly down on American and back on Continental. Husband and I are just figuring out if we can afford it - it's a ridiculously good price.

Just to note, the Delta flights for $312 USD from Apr 26-May 4 are actually a bit cheaper and possibly with slightly less travel time.

There's also quite a few dates in March for $330ish and even February for $322 USD (Feb 16-24 for example, Delta).

So I wouldn't limit yourself to just those dates unless you're looking to save maybe $10.

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by Ace

I've had to fly to Dallas a few times, and from my experiance it rarly ever goes on "sale".

With AA they seem to have the habit on this route of continually increasing prices the closer you get to the date. It has always seemed better to me to book early when going to Dallas...

There's actually some decent ones in March, $433 USD after taxes, on US Airways. 1 hour layover in Phoenix each way.

[cmyden]

WestJet Sale

WestJet just slashed their prices on a ton of a flights from now through June 22nd.

Toronto

Every Tue/Wed from now until June 22. Look for the $98/each way flights, with tax it comes to $300 round trip.

Los Angeles

WestJet dropped the price on a ton of their flights from now through the end of June. Look for the $74-$79 each way flights, with tax it comes to $250 round trip.

Yellownknife

Look for the $49/each way flights, comes to $172 round trip.

Prince George

See Yellowknife.

Ditto for Grande Prairie and Comox. Winnipeg too.

Could be others.

[greyshep]

I am hoping to find a good deal for flights to Orlando for October/November time frame. (wanting to take our kids to Disney) I am seeing some good deals for May right now though.

Do you think I will see something similar for the late fall months if I wait a little while?

Hoping to find something similar to what I can get now (250-280 round trip). Maybe thats an urealistic pipe dream though??

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by greyshep

I am hoping to find a good deal for flights to Orlando for October/November time frame. (wanting to take our kids to Disney) I am seeing some good deals for May right now though.

Do you think I will see something similar for the late fall months if I wait a little while?

Hoping to find something similar to what I can get now (250-280 round trip). Maybe thats an urealistic pipe dream though??

I don't think it's completely out of the realm of possibility, I remember there being a flight to Orlando on WestJet the first week of November '09 for a really cheap price, something like $250 USD all in. It was around for a while too, can probably find it posted somewhere in this thread to see when the deal came out.

Always hard to predict what prices will do but I'd definitely watch them until at least September for something to come out. Orlando is routinely one of the cheapest places to fly to in North America from Calgary and November seems to be an 'off season' month for a lot of places with a lot of good deals.

[cmyden]

Air Canada: 15% off flights within Canada sale, need to book by midnight tonight. The promo code is : NQPBH7H1

This is a good time to be booking flights within Canada, WestJet and AC are both showing great deals at the moment.

Details: http://www.aircanada.com/en/offers/a..._ca_feb10.html

[cmyden]

Calgary to Manchester, UK
- $508 USD after taxes - Mar 10 to 17 on Air Transat. Can see it at http://www.airtransat.ca

Calgary to London Gatwick
- $531 CDN after taxes - Mar 6 to 20 on Monarch Airlines. Can see it at http://www.CanadianAffair.ca

[VladtheImpaler]

Anyone here an actual travel agent, if such people still exist?

[Buzzard]

Getting late in the day now but Westjet has 20% off intnl. flights.... till midnight.

Cmyden, do you know how often these come up at westjet?