Showing posts with label Air Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Air Canada. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Toronto & Other Canadian Cities to Hawaii $300 or less RT Jan-June 2019

Great Airfares Canada to Hawaii Jan - June 2019

From

  • Toronto (YYZ) from $388 CAD ($293 USD)
  • Vancouver (YVR) from $293 CAD
  • Ottawa (YOW) from $402 CAD
  • Montreal (YUL) from $415 CAD

To These Hawaiian Airports

  • Honolulu (HNL)
  • Kona (KOA)
  • Lihue (LIH)
  • Kahului (OGG)

Context

Flights to Hawaii are generally cheaper from Toronto (YYZ) than from Detroit or Chicago.  Typical YYZ to Hawaii prices are $400s-$500s round trip, which is quite cheap. 

Secret Flying reported this deal on January 7.  Prices from YYZ as low as $399 CAD, approx $299 USD.  Their post says availability only April 2019, but these cheap prices are showing up now thru much of June 2019.

Google Flights is showing flights as low as $300, but searches on www.skyscanner.ca then booking thru online travel agencies are even cheaper in some cases.

Toronto - Hawaii Google Flights Sample Search $300+ Round Trip




Toronto - Hawaii SkyScanner Flights Sample Search $255+ Round Trip


Background

Friday, August 17, 2018

Toronto/Chicago/Detroit to Europe - Sampling of sub-$500 round trip fares

This post is a compilation of good airfare prices from airports within a 5 hour drive of Grand Rapids MI:  Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Detroit (DTW), Toronto (YYZ), Pittsburgh (PIT), Cleveland (CLE).

This post shows how plentiful that sub-$500 roundtrip airfares to Europe are, at various times of the year.


European cities with sub-$500 fares include:

  • Munich (MUC)
  • Dublin (DUB)
  • Frankfurt (FRA)
  • London Heathrow (LHR)
  • Amsterdam (AMS)
  • Lisbon (LIS)
  • Porto (OPO)
  • Faro (FAO)
  • Barcelona (BCN)
  • Madrid (MAD)
  • Rome (FCO)
  • Milan (MXP)
  • Reykjavik (KEF)
  • Oslo (OSL)
  • Paris (CDG)
  • Cork, Ireland (ORK)
None of these current airfares are part of any advertised 'sale.'  Prices are just very competitive to Europe and these are just examples.

Portugal:  TAP Portugal is a Portuguese airline that flies nonstop from Toronto (YYZ) to Lisbon (LIS) and 1-stop to Porto (OPO) and Faro (FAO).  TAP has very good prices to Portugal for many different times of year.

Iceland:  Air Canada and Delta are offering very cheap fares to Reykjavik (KEF), in apparent response to WOW Air and Icelandair offering consistently cheap fares to KEF from DTW/ORD/PIT.


Fall 2018:  Sun Oct 7 - Mon Oct 15.  Detroit to Barcelona $445+  1-stop
Star Alliance airlines (United, Lufthansa, Air Canada, etc) (also $328 roundtrip Chicago to BCN on WOW Air)


Late Fall 2018:  Sun Nov 11 - Tues Nov 20.  Various cities < $450
Many of the cheapest flights here are on Icelandair or WOW Air, with 1-stop connections in KEF.

  • ORD-DUB $309 (WOW Air) $373 (Icelandair)
  • ORD-AMS $380 (WOW Air)
  • YYZ-AMS $406 (WOWAir)
  • ORD-MUC $407 (Icelandair) 
  • ORD-LHR $424 (Icelandair)
  • DTW-BCN $448 (Air Canada) $472 (Lufthansa)
  • DTW-DUB $450 (United) $480 (Lufthansa)
  • YYZ-CDG $406 (WOW Air) $411 (Icelandair)

  • ORD-CPH $332 (Icelandair) $439 (Swiss) $444 (United/Lufthansa) $453 (Austrian)
  • ORD-OSL $349 (Icelandair)
  • YYZ-AMS $383 (WOW Air)
  • ORD-HEL $357 (Icelandair)
  • ORD-AMS $361 (Icelandair)
Year-end Fri Dec 7 - Sun Dec 16.  $356-$400 various cities
YYZ-KEF $356 (Icelandair) nonstop $472 (Delta) 1-stop
DTW-KEF $360 (WOW Air) nonstop
PIT-KEF $399 (Delta) 1-stop
ORD-CPH $412 (Icelandair) $466 (Swiss) $471 (Lufthansa)
ORD-LHR $420 (Icelandair)

Spring Break 2019:  Sat Mar 30 - Sun Apr 7. Nonstop Toronto to Lisbon $502. 1-stop Porto $501
A couple of flights from Detroit in the $550 range sprinkled in here also

Friday, June 8, 2018

[FARE GONE] Detroit/Seattle/Minneapolis/Atlanta to Madrid $395 Roundtrip Sept - Dec 2018

6/9/2018 this fare sale has expired

Quick deal post.  It is possible to book tickets around Thanksgiving or Christmas via this fare sale.

Star Alliance airlines - Air Canada, Lufthansa, United, etc.

Detroit to Madrid.  Late September to December 2018 flights.

As low as $395 round trip.

Connections thru Toronto (Air Canada), Newark (United), Frankfurt (Lufthansa), etc.

Watch out for some United Airlines fares being a near-basic economy that does NOT include a free checked bag.

Sample Google Searches for Detroit (DTW) to Madrid (MAD):

Fri Oct 5 - Sat Oct 20 from $401 1-stop

Fri Nov 16 - Mon Dec 3 from $395 1-stop

Tues Dec 11 - Sun Dec 30 from $465 1-stop

Background information here:  https://www.theflightdeal.com/2018/06/08/united-402-seattle-atlanta-detroit-minneapolis-madrid-spain-roundtrip-including-all-taxes/









Tuesday, March 27, 2018

[Expired] Detroit to Europe $400+ Round Trip May/early June

This fare sale has expired

Excellent price on United and other Star Alliance carriers (e.g. Air Canada) from Detroit to Europe with departures in May thru early June.  As low as $400 per person round trip.


NOTE:  fares are pricing out cheaper on Google Flights as of 4pm Eastern than reported on The Flight Deal's article (link above)

Most of the cheap fares look to be to Amsterdam, but some availability to Paris and other cities is also sprinkled in.


Sample searches on Google Flights: