Tagged Pages Archive | Asia
2014
24
September
Edmonton to Singapore, Thailand, or The Philippines | from $639 roundtrip including taxes
24
September
There are some pretty crazy prices showing from Edmonton to a few Southeast Asia hub cities on Delta at the moment.
The cheapest verified prices I've seen so far are...
(roundtrip, including taxes)
Edmonton to Manila, Philippines (MNL) - $639 CAD
(new record, completely shattering the old record from 2011 by $250 !)
Edmonton to Singapore (SIN) - $713 CAD
(new record, also shattering the record set in 2011, by over $300)
Edmonton to Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) - $818 CAD
(also a new record, besting the $881 flights that showed up in 2011). Note that these flights are on United Airlines, who seems to be responding to these price drops.
How to find and book these flights...
1. Start by searching with Google Flights Explore. Set the destination as 'Southeast Asia' or to one of the three cities listed above (Singapore, Manila, or Bangkok)
Also be sure to set the Trip Length to 10-14 days.
Note that Google Flights Explore displays prices in $USD.
If Google Flights Explore is giving you trouble, try using the ITA Matrix. It uses the same data, but with a slightly more complicated interface.
2. Look for cheap date combinations. Write them down.
3. Take those date combinations and the destination involved and enter them into Kayak.
From Kayak, hit the Select button to take you to a place where they can be booked. So far I've had the best luck with clicking through from Kayak to the Delta Airlines website.
You can also try just searching directly on Delta.com, but it's usually easier to use Kayak to play around with date combinations and flight times.
Either way, after you've searched on Delta's site, the verified price will show in the bottom right corner...
If the price is different, it means the flight has sold out at that price. You may want to try different date combinations until it's been determined that the deal is dead.
If you have trouble seeing the cheaper prices on Kayak, try the American version of Kayak. The prices will be listed in $USD, but when you click through from Kayak to Delta, the price will convert to $CAD.
This is not an advertised sale, so it's impossible to say how long it will be around. Typically, I find that Delta's unadvertised price drops go back up within 24 hours.
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2014
23
April
Edmonton to Hong Kong | $770 roundtrip including taxes | new record!
23
April
2013
16
October
Edmonton to Seoul, South Korea | $781 roundtrip after taxes | through spring 2014
16
October
2013
27
August
Edmonton to China - $786 roundtrip after taxes | up to March 2014 | cheapest ever
27
August
2013
24
July
Edmonton to Beijing or Shanghai, China | $888 roundtrip after taxes
24
July
2013
21
May
Edmonton to Hong Kong | $796 roundtrip after taxes | cheapest ever?
21
May
2013
4
February
Edmonton to Shanghai, China | $802 roundtrip after taxes
4
February
2012
29
September
Edmonton to Shanghai or Beijing, China - $821 roundtrip after taxes
29
September
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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2011
16
August
Wow, Thailand 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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