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Taxes on both side represent a good chunk of the airfare. Spring/Summer prices tend to be higher than the winter. $300 at present is not bad.
As others have mentioned, you can fly to BUF and bus it from there.
Alternates include
1) checking out Porter (EWR-YYZ) when they offer a promo code. They seem to be frequent and give up to 20% off.
2) check out the weekend savers. I have seen prices in <$230 from UA, AC and AA.
3) Try Lan Airlines (JFK-YYZ). The tickets seem to however around $250-$275.
Prices may also go down, if and when Westjet gets landing spots from DL, though that is dependent on the USAirways/DL LGA/DCA swaps which are currently being contested.
Of course, if you really want to save money, megabus offers prices as low as $1 each way! However, its 10 hours on a bus!
Last edited by neuron; May 19, 2010 at 5:27 am