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 Edmonton:
1. Go to http://www.expedia.ca
2. Select 'Flight + Hotel'. Change the number of adults to '1'. Search for a package from Edmonton 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 $247 after taxes for flight + hotel. ($447 - $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 $247 after taxes that's over 30% cheaper than the cheapest flights alone are to Vegas from Edmonton 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
October
Edmonton to Miami - $328 roundtrip after taxes - any time between now and August 2012 !
21
October
Update: It looks like Dallas, Texas has also dropped, to a similar price level across all dates.
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2011
21
September
Another cheap one to Cabo - $215 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
18
September
Edmonton to Seattle - $287 roundtrip after taxes - Oct to Dec
18
September
It looks like Alaska Airlines just dropped the price of their flights to Seattle down to $287 roundtrip after taxes.
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2011
14
September
Edmonton to Belize or Costa Rica - $630 roundtrip after taxes - throughout winter
14
September
United, American Airlines, Continental, and Delta just engaged in a serious fare ware to Central America!
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2011
9
September
All Inclusive Package: Mayan Rivieria - 7 nights - $532/person after taxes
9
September
Yes, that's $532/person after all taxes/fees for flight, hotel, food, drinks, everything.
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2011
6
September
Edmonton to New York City - $423 roundtrip after taxes - throughout schedule
6
September
UPDATE: September 9th - Take this blog post, and substitute the city of New York for Philadelphia (PHL) or Charlotte (CLT) on United. They've dropped their prices to those cities down to about $330 roundtrip after taxes, across the board, throughout 2011 and 2012.
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2011
24
August
Labour Day in Mexico? Edmonton to Los Cabos, Mexico - $208 roundtrip after taxes
24
August
September 3 to 10 from Edmonton to Los Cabos, Mexico (SJD) has dropped to $208 roundtrip after taxes. The next cheapest flights are around $580 so it's a true 65% discount.
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2011
17
August
A rare, cheap flight from Edmonton to Europe - $665 roundtrip after taxes
17
August
While you do often see Air Transat discount their flights from Calgary to European cities, it's really rare to see it from Edmonton for some reason. And the major airlines rarely make cuts from either city.
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2011
17
August
Another Asian city price drop - Seoul, South Korea now at $790 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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