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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 Saskatoon:
1. Go to http://www.expedia.ca
2. Select 'Flight + Hotel'. Change the number of adults to '1'. Search for a package from Saskatoon 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 $352 after taxes for flight + hotel. ($552 - $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 $352 after taxes it's about 30% cheaper than the cheapest flights alone are to Vegas from Saskatoon 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
21
September
Another cheap one to Cabo - $211 roundtrip after taxes
21
September
You may remember that back around Labour Day there were some ridiculously cheap flights to Los Cabos, Mexico.
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2011
15
September
Saskatoon to Belize or Costa Rica - $660 roundtrip after taxes - throughout winter
15
September
United, Continental, and Delta just engaged in a serious fare ware to Central America!
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2011
7
September
Saskatoon to New York City - $440 roundtrip after taxes - throughout schedule
7
September
Update September 9th:
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2011
17
August
Another Asian city price drop - Seoul, South Korea now at $818 roundtrip after tax
17
August
If you've been following my posts lately you know that prices to plenty of major cities in Asia have been dropping like a rock. The focus seems to be on fares up to end of October/early November.
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2011
16
August
Wow, Vietnam has gone sub $900 roundtrip after tax
16
August
You might remember last week I was excited when flights to Thailand and Vietnam went under $1000 roundtrip after tax.
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2011
10
August
Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines are under $1000 roundtrip after tax at the moment
10
August
Those $748 flights to Taiwan, which are incredibly, still hanging around, kind of overshadowed some other amazing prices to SE Asia that are currently available.
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2011
27
July
Saskatoon to Taiwan - $748 roundtrip after tax
27
July
United just dumped the price of their flights to Taipei, Taiwan in a serious way. They're down to $748 roundtrip after tax at the moment, about 45% cheaper than the next cheapest airlines! This is by far the cheapest I've ever seen flights to Taiwan.
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2011
1
June
Saskatoon to Cancun - $295 roundtrip after tax
1
June
Air Canada Vacations has dropped their June 18-25 flight from Saskatoon to Cancun, Mexico down to $295 roundtrip after tax. That's about 55% cheaper than the next cheapest flight at any time.
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2011
13
May
Incredible, an Air Canada sale that really is a sale
13
May
Update: Westjet looks to have just matched the Air Canada sale. Today looks to be an amazing day for inter-Canada travel prices.
Westjet doesn't seem to have an official page up yet about their sale, they're probably scrambling to get their prices changed to match Air Canada.
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