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2011
24
October
Expedia promo to Vegas. Not as interesting as last year, but still interesting.
24
October
Those of you that have been following my posts for nearly a year might remember the Expedia flub last November that lead to packages to Vegas for as cheap as $19/person after taxes & fees for flight + hotel packages from all across Canada.
Unfortunately, Expedia didn't make the same mistake this year, but they do have a pretty interesting promo out at the moment where you can get $200 back on packages to Vegas, in the form of a pre-paid Mastercard that they send you in the mail.
Here's the link with the details:
http://www.expedia.ca/p/promos/sale-vegas-baby.htm
It really only gets interesting on packages that are 6 nights (or more) where they'll send you a pre-paid Mastercard for $200 *after* your travel is completed.
Let's say you're a couple heading to Vegas. Each of you could book a package separately and each receive a $200 card.
Here's an example from Calgary:
1. Go to http://www.expedia.ca
2. Select 'Flight + Hotel'. Change the number of adults to '1'. Search for a package from Calgary to Las Vegas from November 16 to November 22. Hit Search.
3. Sort the results by price. What you're looking for now are the packages that are valid for you to receive the $200 pre-paid Mastercard from Expedia. You can find those by looking beside the green 'Expedia Extras' icon.
Here's an example:
Do you see where it says 'Book now and receive a $200 prepai...' ? This means the package is valid to receive the $200 pre-paid Mastercard from Expedia. You can look for other hotel packages that have the same message.
So essentially, the package is now costing you $249 after taxes for flight + hotel. ($449 - $200). That's assuming the pre-paid Mastercard is as useful as cash to you when it arrives. (It can be used anywhere Mastercard is accepted)
Your partner or friend could now do the same thing, booking their own package for one person to the same hotel on the same dates, and receiving $200 back as well. You end up with 2 rooms, but that's fine, you just don't check in to one of them. No, the hotel doesn't care, they've already been paid by Expedia. You just make their life easier, it's one less room to clean. Or you can go ahead and check in to both rooms if you want, it doesn't matter.
In fact, you don't need to check into the room at all, and can just use this as a cheap flight to Vegas. At $249 after taxes that's over 30% cheaper than the cheapest flights alone are to Vegas from Calgary these days. Again, using just the flight portion of your package and ditching the hotel is completely fine. Nobody says you *have* to check into your hotel when buying a package.
What made the deal so great last year was that it was $300 off (per person) with no minimum number of nights required to get those savings, and the savings were instant rather than having to wait for them in the mail. Alas, no such luck this year.
But still, for someone looking for a very cheap package to Vegas, or even just a cheap flight to Vegas (via a package) this could definitely be worth a look.
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2011
18
September
Calgary to Seattle - $267 roundtrip after taxes - Oct to Dec
18
September
It looks like Alaska Airlines just dropped the price of their flights to Seattle down to $267 roundtrip after taxes.
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2011
12
September
Kalispell to Chicago - $200 roundtrip after taxes - any date
12
September
While I do watch for interesting fares out of Montana, the truth is that it's pretty rare to see one that's worth the drive. Allegiant Air has cheap flights to Vegas, but on the major airlines, prices from Montana aren't usually significantly better to warrant the 5 hour drive from Calgary. We're not like Toronto where we can hop across the border to Buffalo. Flying out of the U.S. for us is a significant investment of time.
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2011
7
September
Calgary to New York City - $416 roundtrip after taxes - throughout schedule
7
September
UPDATE: September 9th - Take this blog post, and substitute the city of New York for Philadelphia (PHL) and Charlotte (CLT) on United. They've dropped their prices to those cities down to about $340 roundtrip after taxes, across the board, throughout 2011 and 2012.
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2011
10
August
Calgary to Miami - $381 roundtrip after tax - throughout winter
10
August
Update August 10th: As of 10:50 AM, United has put their winter flight prices to Miami back up to around $700. Unfortunately this one wasn't around for very long during waking hours, it dropped late last night.
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2011
28
June
The 'United or AA has dropped their last minute flights to Chicago' thread
28
June
American Airlines just dropped another one of those cheap flights to Chicago. Try July 2 to 4 on AA.com - $335 roundtrip after tax, direct each way.
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2011
26
May
Calgary to Denver - $290 roundtrip after tax
26
May
Anyone that's ever tried to fly to Denver knows it's not a cheap city to fly to. Fares usually hover in the $500 range or more.
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2011
19
May
Last minute May long weekend idea? There's a flight to Chicago for $334 after tax.
19
May
If anyone's looking for a last minute May long weekend idea, there's a flight on American Airlines to Chicago for $334 roundtrip after tax.
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2011
16
May
New record for cheapest flight ever from Calgary to Hawaii? - $389 roundtrip after tax
16
May
I just posted an Air Canada promo code in the Promo Codes
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2011
11
May
Hawaii just dropped to $436 roundtrip after tax - Honolulu or Maui - take your pick
11
May
There's been some significant price drops to Hawaii on Westjet today.
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