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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 Halifax:
1. Go to http://www.expedia.ca
2. Select 'Flight + Hotel'. Change the number of adults to '1'. Search for a package from Halifax 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 $318 after taxes for flight + hotel. ($518 - $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 $318 after taxes that's over 30% cheaper than the cheapest flights alone are to Vegas from Halifax 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
8
September
Halifax To San Francisco or Los Angeles - $286 roundtrip after taxes
8
September
Update: Looks like US Airways has bumped them up to $390 now.
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2011
31
August
Halifax to Phoenix - $316 roundtrip after taxes - throughout schedule, even over Christmas
31
August
UPDATE 10:13PM: Flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco now look to be down to $316 to $340 roundtrip after taxes on US Airways on certain dates.
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2011
28
June
Halifax to New York - $220 roundtrip after tax
28
June
Looks like Continental has drastically dropped the price of a last minute flight from Halifax to Newark (EWR) this upcoming weekend.
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2011
21
June
Halifax to Chicago - $332 roundtrip after tax
21
June
Yes, there are some more of those cheap last minute flights to Chicago on United (direct each way). They're about 50% cheaper than the cheapest flights to Chicago normally cost from Halifax.
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2011
25
May
Another cheap one to Washington, DC - $286 roundtrip after tax
25
May
I'm not really sure why United does this, but every now and then they offer an extremely cheap flight to Washington, DC for the upcoming weekend.
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2011
24
May
All Inclusive Package: Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba - $738/person after tax
24
May
Looks like there's some all inclusive packages to the Melia Las Dunas in Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba that have dropped significantly for June departures. $738/person after tax for flight, hotel (7 nights), food, drinks, etc.
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2011
18
May
This is the cheapest flights to Calgary have been in years - $347 roundtrip after tax!
18
May
Update @ 12 AM: The promo code (which expired at midnight) made this deal a bit better, but the real key here was the large drop on the base fare. Looks like it works out to $383 roundtrip after tax without the promo code, which is still a pretty amazing price for Halifax to Calgary, especially for summer. And as of this writing, still available.
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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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2011
10
May
Halifax to Washington, DC - $314 roundtrip after tax
10
May
The cheapest flights to Washington, DC from Halifax usually run around $600 roundtrip after tax these days.
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