Air Fares

Alright, so living in Canada, it can be pretty expensive to fly. That is why most times I drive down to the United States and find the closest major airport and fly out of there because the savings can be substantial. Take for example my upcoming trip to Florida in March. Leaving out of the Canadian airport would've cost me $800 to fly to Orlando and back with all taxes and fees included. So I searched through the U.S. airports, and found a flight for $204 round trip, all taxes included, from Boston to Sarasota, Florida on Delta (who is having a sale right now). When I'm in the Toronto area, I usually fly out of Buffalo since it is usually much cheaper. So yes, tip one is to travel across the border for Canadians and fly out of a border city or further if you can manage the drive. As for individual carriers, I will post about the ones I have taken one by one later, as well as various travel sites.


That being said about cheaper airlines in the US, sometimes you have to travel within Canada and that isn't an option, or sometimes Canadian airlines have decent deals as well. One current travel deal I wanted to let you in on is the Air Canada sale going on right now. It seems that they've lowered the prices on their Christmas and winter flights. For example, my flight from Toronto to Fredericton was $330 yesterday for a flight on January 1st, but today when I checked it was down to $169! So yea, I think this is going to be around for maybe 4 or 5 days, though fares can change in a minute! So if you are looking to travel over the winter in Canada, take a look there. The website is aircanada.ca (in case you didn't know).