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Old February 18th, 2011, 08:55 AM posted to rec.travel.air
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I'm watching prices for a flight between LAX and YVR in May. The
prices keep jumping all around. I don't know whether to wait for some
flight that has a higher rate that I want to go down to where a flight
I don't want is or to buy now because I can get flights at the lowest
rate I've seen them in three weeks. Are pieces lower or higher
usually as the date approaches for a flight? Or, is this completely
unpredictable and I should buy what I can now? Thanks.

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Old February 18th, 2011, 09:51 AM posted to rec.travel.air
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"OccasionalFlyer" wrote in message
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I'm watching prices for a flight between LAX and YVR in May. The
prices keep jumping all around. I don't know whether to wait for some
flight that has a higher rate that I want to go down to where a flight
I don't want is or to buy now because I can get flights at the lowest
rate I've seen them in three weeks. Are pieces lower or higher
usually as the date approaches for a flight? Or, is this completely
unpredictable and I should buy what I can now? Thanks.


The airlines are unpredictable.

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Old February 18th, 2011, 05:34 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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In article ,
OccasionalFlyer wrote:
I'm watching prices for a flight between LAX and YVR in May. The
prices keep jumping all around.


It's hard to predict. I see $269 fares on Westjet, which are pretty
good, so if one of those works for you, buy it.

Air Canada has fairly frequent fare sales, so I'd sign up for their
email newsletter and see if that route goes on sale.

R's,
John
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Old February 18th, 2011, 08:12 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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Ah the specialist has answered, read his FAQ and do not bother him with
unwanted questions.


"John Levine" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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In article
,
OccasionalFlyer wrote:
I'm watching prices for a flight between LAX and YVR in May. The
prices keep jumping all around.


It's hard to predict. I see $269 fares on Westjet, which are pretty
good, so if one of those works for you, buy it.

Air Canada has fairly frequent fare sales, so I'd sign up for their
email newsletter and see if that route goes on sale.

R's,
John

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Old February 18th, 2011, 09:49 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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In message

OccasionalFlyer was claimed to have wrote:

I'm watching prices for a flight between LAX and YVR in May. The
prices keep jumping all around. I don't know whether to wait for some
flight that has a higher rate that I want to go down to where a flight
I don't want is or to buy now because I can get flights at the lowest
rate I've seen them in three weeks. Are pieces lower or higher
usually as the date approaches for a flight? Or, is this completely
unpredictable and I should buy what I can now? Thanks.


I haven't flown that route, but assuming Westjet flies it then in
general I'd recommend Westjet over all others unless there is a
significant price gap (and that's extremely rare)

If you're looking at Westjet, what I'd suggest would be to watch daily
for the flight you want to either drop in price (a seat sale -- Watch
their marketing if you prefer, but checking the flight daily is safer),
or for the "only 'x' seats left" marker to appear at which point I'd
book it if it's an acceptable price since the price will go up once that
group of seats runs out.

All that being said, about 2-3 weeks out the prices will start going up
and you can't count on a sale (although I think I've gotten lucky more
often than not, but my schedules are fairly flexible too), so at 3 weeks
out I'd book either way if I really wanted to be there.

If the price drops more than $50 you can always call Westjet, they will
refund the entire amount minus $50 to a voucher and allow you to re-book
under the then-current price.
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Old February 22nd, 2011, 07:46 AM posted to rec.travel.air
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Thanks for all the replies. I hae one more question. Westjet? Never
heard of it. Is it going to be better price-wise but in other
respects minimal service? Or, is this a good airline in areas beyond
price? Thanks.
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Old February 22nd, 2011, 08:22 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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On 2/22/2011 12:46 AM, OccasionalFlyer wrote:
Thanks for all the replies. I hae one more question. Westjet? Never
heard of it. Is it going to be better price-wise but in other
respects minimal service? Or, is this a good airline in areas beyond
price? Thanks.


Westjet (westjet.com) is a good solid line, well established in Canada.
All Boeing planes, most of them newer model 737's . . . seat-back,
leather seats, TV, etc. Excellent service as well as prices. We prefer
Westjet to Air Canada by a wide margain, and we'd recommend it highly.
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Old February 22nd, 2011, 10:08 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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Thanks for the comments. I appreciate it.

On Feb 22, 11:22*am, AGW wrote:
On 2/22/2011 12:46 AM, OccasionalFlyer wrote:

* *Thanks for all the replies. I hae one more question. Westjet? *Never
heard of it. *Is it going to be better price-wise but in other
respects minimal service? *Or, is this a good airline in areas beyond
price? *Thanks.


Westjet (westjet.com) is a good solid line, well established in Canada.
* All Boeing planes, most of them newer model 737's . . . seat-back,
leather seats, TV, etc. *Excellent service as well as prices. *We prefer
Westjet to Air Canada by a wide margain, and we'd recommend it highly.


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Old February 23rd, 2011, 10:41 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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In message someone claiming to be
AGW typed:

On 2/22/2011 12:46 AM, OccasionalFlyer wrote:
Thanks for all the replies. I hae one more question. Westjet? Never
heard of it. Is it going to be better price-wise but in other
respects minimal service? Or, is this a good airline in areas beyond
price? Thanks.


Westjet (westjet.com) is a good solid line, well established in Canada.
All Boeing planes, most of them newer model 737's . . . seat-back,
leather seats, TV, etc. Excellent service as well as prices. We prefer
Westjet to Air Canada by a wide margain, and we'd recommend it highly.


Amen.

Modern fleet, generally comfortable seats, etc. They're a "discount"
airline, but they're very flexible (flat $50 change fee starting 24
hours after booking, with the current flight being turned into a
transferable good-as-cash voucher), almost always friendly staff, less
obnoxious fees (although they finally started charging for a second
checked bag)

Water, coffee, juice and pop are still free onboard.

So they're cheap, but they're not a "discount airline"

Personally I'd pay more to fly Westjet, but since they're virtually
always cheaper (on the routes that they fly, anyway) it's never been a
factor.
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Old March 3rd, 2011, 06:43 AM posted to rec.travel.air
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On Feb 23, 1:41*pm, DevilsPGD Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-
wrote:
In message someone claiming to be
AGW typed:

On 2/22/2011 12:46 AM, OccasionalFlyer wrote:
* *Thanks for all the replies. I hae one more question. Westjet? *Never
heard of it. *Is it going to be better price-wise but in other
respects minimal service? *Or, is this a good airline in areas beyond
price? *Thanks.


Westjet (westjet.com) is a good solid line, well established in Canada.
*All Boeing planes, most of them newer model 737's . . . seat-back,
leather seats, TV, etc. *Excellent service as well as prices. *We prefer
Westjet to Air Canada by a wide margain, and we'd recommend it highly.


Amen.

Modern fleet, generally comfortable seats, etc. *They're a "discount"
airline, but they're very flexible (flat $50 change fee starting 24
hours after booking, with the current flight being turned into a
transferable good-as-cash voucher), almost always friendly staff, less
obnoxious fees (although they finally started charging for a second
checked bag)

Water, coffee, juice and pop are still free onboard.

So they're cheap, but they're not a "discount airline"

Personally I'd pay more to fly Westjet, but since they're virtually
always cheaper (on the routes that they fly, anyway) it's never been a
factor.


Well, I booked a flight today on Westjet, though I can't say that
having to pay an extra fee for my plain old seat seemed like a
discount, and almost $400 from LAX to YVR seems like a lot to me, but
most other airlines (except Alaska Air) were more. Alaska just didn't
have the schedule I wanted.
 




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