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 Ottawa:
1. Go to http://www.expedia.ca
2. Select 'Flight + Hotel'. Change the number of adults to '1'. Search for a package from Ottawa to Las Vegas from December 8 to December 14. 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 $404 after taxes for flight + hotel. ($604 - $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. 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
3
October
How to get to Shanghai, China for $605 roundtrip after taxes
3
October
Update @ 5:23 PM : Delta seems to have caught on and the price is now back up unfortunately. There were reports that the reverse was working for a while as well (out of a Canadian city, back into a U.S. city). Could still be worth trying.
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2011
8
September
Ottawa to San Francisco - $357 roundtrip after taxes - throughout 2012
8
September
Update: Sep 8 - Flights from Ottawa to Denver seem to be experiencing a similar price drop on Delta, for anyone that likes to ski, you seem to have your choice of dates.
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2011
7
August
Ottawa to Taiwan - $819 roundtrip after tax
7
August
Delta, United and Continental just dumped the price of their flights to Taipei, Taiwan in a serious way. They're down to $819 CDN roundtrip after tax at the moment, about 50% cheaper than the next cheapest airlines!
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2011
31
May
Ottawa to Turks and Caicos - $252 roundtrip after tax
31
May
Air Canada Vacations just significantly dropped the price of a last minute flight to Turks & Caicos.
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2011
17
May
Ottawa to Chicago for May long - $241 roundtrip after tax
17
May
Try May 21 to 24 over on American Airlines, it just dropped by nearly 70%.
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2011
5
May
Yes, you can now be notified of YOW Deals by e-mail
5
May
I've had a fair number of requests over the last few months, especially from people that aren't on Facebook, asking if there was any way they could be notified by e-mail when I post a deal.
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2011
2
May
Ottawa to Paris, France - $540 roundtrip after tax
2
May
So, Air France dropped the price of their Ottawa to Paris flights down to $740 roundtrip after tax.
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2011
20
April
'Should I buy my flight now or wait?' - The question I get asked the most
20
April
No matter how many times I tell people that airfare prices can't be predicted, this question always comes up in some form or another, so I've decided to write an article that I can start referencing people to.
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2011
4
April
Ottawa to Turks & Caicos - $243 roundtrip after tax
4
April
There's another one of those cheap flights to Turks & Caicos (PLS).
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