Confessions of a YYC Travel Junkie

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by Hi-Psi

Just to give everyone a heads up, Croatia can start to get quite a bit colder in Sept/Oct so I would keep that in mind if you're planning a vacation around that time. It's still warm, just not as nice as during the summer and a lot of the ferries stop running around that time too.

I was in the area the summer before last in Sept and had to skip Croatia due to the ferries not running and the weather being mediocre.

Definitely great advice, can probably apply it to plenty of other places in Europe as well. Ibiza in October is a different world from Ibiza in August

Probably the best dates for those Condor flights are the ones in late August / early September. Should still be warm enough, and possibly less busy if you're lucky. And over Labor day that's one less vacation day used up.

[cmyden]

Calgary to Paris - $799 roundtrip after tax

I'm still fascinated by the prices Condor is coming out with from Calgary to various cities in Europe because they're nearly half the cost of anyone else.

Paris looks to be the latest one to have experienced a price drop. And who doesn't love Paris?



Try August 22 or August 29 to September 9 from Calgary to Paris over at Condor.com

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[Sample00]

would you know off hand when westjet typically has their seat sale to the US.
I know they have a Canada one on right now.
thanks

nm, I just read your blog and found my answer.

[Cookie Monster]

Dum dee-dum dum...

Cookie needs to go to Phoenix in August for a wedding. Any good deals from Calgary hopefully Aug 11-16? Hopefully these flights serve... Cookies?!

Om nom nom

[Deelow]

wow

[cmyden]

New Feature: E-mail notification when a great deal is found

Non-Facebookers/Non-Twitterers have been asking me for this for a while.

If you want to be notified when I find a great deal, go here and enter your e-mail addy...

http://www.yycdeals.com/notify

If you've been following my deals for a while, you know that I only notify people when something truly amazing or special comes out for YYC.

I have no interest in sending deals that aren't really deals, or sending you pointless e-mails containing travel specials from cities that you don't live in. There's already plenty of sites for that.

Of course, you can enter in the e-mail address of your mobile device to be the first to know about a posted deal.

Truthfully though, I think Twitterers will be at the greatest advantage in terms of how quickly they receive notice of a posted deal.


Glasgow, Scotland over May Long Weekend - $618 roundtrip after tax



Try May 18-25 over at http://www.airtransat.ca from Calgary to Glasgow, Scotland. It just dropped to $618 roundtrip after tax.

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Just to note, that pic above is of Edinburgh, not Glasgow. Edinburgh is about an hour east of Glasgow, and a fair bit nicer looking in my opinion.

[Fobby]

Where's the best place to look for a flight from YYC -> SHA -> HKG in Oct?

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by Fobby

Where's the best place to look for a flight from YYC -> SHA -> HKG in Oct?

I think AirChina runs some flights like that for ~$900. I'm considering doing a trip to Beijing (and some other places) in October.

[cmyden]

Hawaii just dropped to $436 roundtrip after tax - Honolulu or Maui - take your pick

There's been some significant price drops to Hawaii on Westjet today.



Most of the drops seem to be for June flights. Go to http://www.westjet.com and look at departures between June 1 and June 15. The ones that are around $150 each way before taxes are the cheap ones. You can mix and match and depart to Honolulu and come back from Maui for example.

Here's the screenshot of June 8-15 ...

[cmyden]

Incredible, an Air Canada sale that really is a sale

Air Canada has a one day sale going on at the moment, and miracle of miracles, it's an actual sale.

Take it from someone who watches airfares prices a lot more than any one person should, there hasn't been an inter-Canada sale like this in a *long* time.

http://www.aircanada.com/en/offers/a...t.html#-canada

If you're planning to travel within Canada between now and the end of June you should really be taking a look today.

Some that have been reported so far... (roundtrip after tax)

Calgary to Halifax is down to $448.

Calgary to Kelowna is down to $184.

Calgary to Toronto - $350

Charlottetown, PEI to Calgary - $420

Edmonton to Montreal - $348

Edmonton to Toronto - $339

Edmonton to Winnipeg - $245

Edmonton to Halifax - $384

[Mazrim]

Wow, those are awesome prices. I definitely want to take advantage of this!

[cmyden]

Westjet claims to have matched, but don't have an official page up about their sale. They're likely scrambling to get their prices changed to match AC's.

A rare good day for inter-Canada travel prices.

[rd_aaron]

Originally Posted by cmyden

Westjet claims to have matched, but don't have an official page up about their sale. They're likely scrambling to get their prices changed to match AC's.

A rare good day for inter-Canada travel prices.

Thanks for the update (got it in my email which was great). Booked a flight that I had been thinking about booking anyways without the sale. I think the AC sale is over now though (1 PM Eastern).

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by rd_aaron

Thanks for the update (got it in my email which was great). Booked a flight that I had been thinking about booking anyways without the sale. I think the AC sale is over now though (1 PM Eastern).

One can also try searching on Orbitz, occasionally prices will stick around longer on there than on the airlines own site when they have a sale.

As of right now, still seeing the cheap prices on Air Canada's site and Orbitz.

[rd_aaron]

Originally Posted by cmyden

One can also try searching on Orbitz, occasionally prices will stick around longer on there than on the airlines own site when they have a sale.

As of right now, still seeing the cheap prices on Air Canada's site and Orbitz.

I should have worded it better. I was looking at booking a flight anyways, but then the sale came on so I booked at the discounted rate.

Looks like the sale is gone on AC's site now though.

[Rhyme]

Hey cmyden, just wanted to say thanks for sharing all the deals you come across. I managed to fly to Menorca thanks to you and now I'm able to join my wife in Halifax for a week thanks to today's deal. You're awesome!

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by Rhyme

Hey cmyden, just wanted to say thanks for sharing all the deals you come across. I managed to fly to Menorca thanks to you and now I'm able to join my wife in Halifax for a week thanks to today's deal. You're awesome!

Excellent, glad it helped! We need another one of those ridiculous mistake fares to come our way. 2009 was Spain, 2010 was Vegas, will 2011 have anything in store for YYC?

[fundmark19]

I am proud to say I took part in both of those mistakes keep hunting for another cmyden you're the best!

[Cookie Monster]

Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

Dum dee-dum dum...

Cookie needs to go to Phoenix in August for a wedding. Any good deals from Calgary hopefully Aug 11-16? Hopefully these flights serve... Cookies?!

Om nom nom

Still no deals to Phoenix mid-august, huh?

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

Still no deals to Phoenix mid-august, huh?

Can't say I've seen anything too interesting. Do a Wed-Wed flexible date search (3 days each way) on Kayak and that will cover everything that's out there.