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« on: September 14, 2009, 10:02:22 PM » |
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Does anyone know of places to look for inexpensive international flights that originate in Canada? I need to book two international trips and am currently looking at close to $4000 in air fare. I don't know if things like Priceline work for flights booked outside the US.
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2009, 10:24:50 PM » |
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www.kayak.com works with flights outside the US. I have consistently found it to find good fares. Happy travels!
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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2009, 10:29:25 PM » |
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No such thing - huge country, small population = expensive air travel. However, right now Air Canada is having a sale and, allegedly, http://www.flightnetwork.com "specializes in cheap flights from Canada."
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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2009, 04:40:53 AM » |
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You could try www.flightcentre.ca too - they often have fairly good deals, especially if you don't object to charter airlines.
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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2009, 07:27:20 PM » |
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Thanks for the info so far. I checked the more expensive ticket and it is about $100 less on a few of the sites. I also called a travel agent and she was able to get two extra flights for the same price as I originally found. The other flight to the UK is the same price =(
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2009, 11:19:38 AM » |
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Where are you? Most of us live near the US border and can hop over (Detroit, Buffalo, Seattle) to the US for cheaper flights.
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« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2009, 05:32:51 PM » |
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I am several hours from one major Canadian airport and there are no large US airports nearby.
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« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2009, 05:40:24 PM » |
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Have you tried Expedia.ca?
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« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2009, 05:51:42 PM » |
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Try Canadian Affair. They have cheap flights to Britain, I think. From Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal.
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2009, 07:53:19 AM » |
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Thanks. I have tried all the sites you've mentioned and I just need to suck it up and buy the tickets next week.
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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2009, 12:03:46 AM » |
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I got a very good price to the U.K. from Air Transat, with Thomas Cook as the carrier. On my way back, my seatmates and I compared notes, and all of us had found this carrier to be the cheapest by far. I think they turned up on www.expedia.ca.
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« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2009, 07:08:00 PM » |
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No such thing - huge country, small population = expensive air travel. However, right now Air Canada is having a sale and, allegedly, http://www.flightnetwork.com "specializes in cheap flights from Canada." It's worth shopping around, but fares from Canada are steep. So are fares from the US to Canada--I used freq flyer miles to get to my last conference to preserve some travel money. Toronto Pearson (YYZ), in particular, can be really expensive--huge landing fees, the highest in N. America, if memory serves, and the airlines pass the (non)savings on to you!
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