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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 Kelowna:
1. Go to http://www.expedia.ca
2. Select 'Flight + Hotel'. Change the number of adults to '1'. Search for a package from Kelowna 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 $226 after taxes for flight + hotel. ($426 - $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 $246 after taxes that's over 30% cheaper than the cheapest flights alone are to Vegas from Kelowna 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
21
September
Another cheap one to Cabo - $208 roundtrip after taxes
21
September
You may remember that back around Labour Day there were some ridiculously cheap flights to Los Cabos, Mexico.
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2011
24
August
Kelowna to Los Cabos, Mexico - $200 roundtrip after taxes
24
August
Air Canada Vacations just drastically dropped the price of their September 11-18 flight from Kelowna to Los Cabos, Mexico.
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2011
1
June
Kelowna to Cancun - $293 roundtrip after tax
1
June
Air Canada Vacations has dropped their June 18-25 flight from Kelowna to Cancun, Mexico down to $293 roundtrip after tax. That's about 55% cheaper than the next cheapest flight at any time.
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2011
5
May
Yes, you can now be notified of YLW 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
13
April
There's another cheap one to Puerto Vallarta - $235 roundtrip after tax
13
April
Just like we saw last week, AirCanadaVacations has dropped another one at the last minute.
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2011
5
April
Kelowna to Puerto Vallarta - $236 roundtrip after tax
5
April
There's a last minute flight from Kelowna to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for $236 roundtrip after tax.
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2011
21
March
Response from Air Canada: 'Our fares aren't guaranteed'
21
March
On Thursday I received a reply from the Air Canada executives regarding the deal to South America via airfare.com that didn't pan out. Here's what they had to say:
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2011
11
March
So I've just heard back from Air Canada about the botched deal to South America
11
March
Dear Mr. Myden,
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2011
2
March
Last minute flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - $234 roundtrip after tax
2
March
Try March 5-12 on http://www.aircanadavacations.com from Kelowna to Puerto Vallarta (flight only) and you'll see it for $234 roundtrip after tax.
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