Flash Sale (February 28, 2022) - 25% off domestic, US, and sun destinations
Feb 28, 22, 11:43 am
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Flash Sale (February 28, 2022) - 25% off domestic, US, and sun destinations
CAVEAT - T&C and the Big Banner have discrepancy on blackout or no blackout dates.
Feb 28, 22, 1:55 pm
#3
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The blackout dates work as expected.
I saw WestJet post their 26% sale (promo: FLY1996 if you wanna check it out) last night and they mis-coded Easter Sunday (Apr 17) as a blackout date when their T&C specified that they meant Monday, Apr 18 to be the black-out. I need to travel on Apr 17 so I'm glad I woke up to an almost-matched AC sale for this date.
I saw WestJet post their 26% sale (promo: FLY1996 if you wanna check it out) last night and they mis-coded Easter Sunday (Apr 17) as a blackout date when their T&C specified that they meant Monday, Apr 18 to be the black-out. I need to travel on Apr 17 so I'm glad I woke up to an almost-matched AC sale for this date.
Feb 28, 22, 3:16 pm
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The blackout dates work as expected.
I saw WestJet post their 26% sale (promo: FLY1996 if you wanna check it out) last night and they mis-coded Easter Sunday (Apr 17) as a blackout date when their T&C specified that they meant Monday, Apr 18 to be the black-out. I need to travel on Apr 17 so I'm glad I woke up to an almost-matched AC sale for this date.
I saw WestJet post their 26% sale (promo: FLY1996 if you wanna check it out) last night and they mis-coded Easter Sunday (Apr 17) as a blackout date when their T&C specified that they meant Monday, Apr 18 to be the black-out. I need to travel on Apr 17 so I'm glad I woke up to an almost-matched AC sale for this date.
Thought the Easter Monday (Apr 18) blackout was targeted at BC markets.
Feb 28, 22, 7:58 pm
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Not accepting code as of 10:00 pm ET Feb 28 .... says expired ... wanted to see if the flights I booked yesterday actually are any cheaper.
Westjet code still works though.
Westjet code still works though.
Feb 28, 22, 9:04 pm
#8
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@Symmetre
Yes, well, despite the T&C specifically saying it's good until 11:59pm from your city of departure in Canada, I've seen it say expired well before the time shown on other promos. If I really wanted to buy something, I called in and the agents were happy to book on my behalf with the discount applicable. The last time this happened, I had a great agent who not only saw the info on her system but she already knew what the T&C said on the website.
And I just took this now, so it still works. Call i if you want to do some shopping.
Feb 28, 22, 11:53 pm
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@Symmetre
Yes, well, despite the T&C specifically saying it's good until 11:59pm from your city of departure in Canada, I've seen it say expired well before the time shown on other promos. If I really wanted to buy something, I called in and the agents were happy to book on my behalf with the discount applicable. The last time this happened, I had a great agent who not only saw the info on her system but she already knew what the T&C said on the website.
And I just took this now, so it still works. Call i if you want to do some shopping.
Yes, well, despite the T&C specifically saying it's good until 11:59pm from your city of departure in Canada, I've seen it say expired well before the time shown on other promos. If I really wanted to buy something, I called in and the agents were happy to book on my behalf with the discount applicable. The last time this happened, I had a great agent who not only saw the info on her system but she already knew what the T&C said on the website.
And I just took this now, so it still works. Call i if you want to do some shopping.
I got so excited as I was in the air on the 28th the entire day and never saw the promotion. Hey AC I was between AC delays, can we have a redo on the sale???
Mar 1, 22, 1:56 am
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Mar 1, 22, 11:28 am
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Mar 1, 22, 12:19 pm
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All of the blackout dates are really annoying as someone who can only really travel on weekends. Fortunately the return flight didn't fall on a blackout date, so I just booked a one-way in comfort for the price of Flex, and the joke will be on AC if I end up refunding because there's no motivation to actually book the outbound portion of my trip
Mar 1, 22, 12:55 pm
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The banner on AC.com has updated to reflect the sale's extension 'til March 7, matching WestJet's extension from a few hours ago. There's no mention of 25% off base fares anymore (just like WestJet's sale) so it really just boils down to what's available and if you're lucky. I had some Google Flight notifications fire that reflect the 25% discount on the base fare on the same flight I booked directly with AC yesterday, only there's no promo code applied when you click through from Google so it looks like a blanket reduction on base fares for dates/itineraries on lucky searches.
Travel dates for the sale are now through Dec. 15
Sale page now says "No blackout dates", whatever the heck that means: https://www.aircanada.com/en-ca/seat...nerdotcom|caen
Travel dates for the sale are now through Dec. 15
Sale page now says "No blackout dates", whatever the heck that means: https://www.aircanada.com/en-ca/seat...nerdotcom|caen
Mar 1, 22, 2:07 pm
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The banner on AC.com has updated to reflect the sale's extension 'til March 7, matching WestJet's extension from a few hours ago. There's no mention of 25% off base fares anymore (just like WestJet's sale) so it really just boils down to what's available and if you're lucky. I had some Google Flight notifications fire that reflect the 25% discount on the base fare on the same flight I booked directly with AC yesterday, only there's no promo code applied when you click through from Google so it looks like a blanket reduction on base fares for dates/itineraries on lucky searches.
Travel dates for the sale are now through Dec. 15
Sale page now says "No blackout dates", whatever the heck that means: https://www.aircanada.com/en-ca/seat...nerdotcom|caen
Travel dates for the sale are now through Dec. 15
Sale page now says "No blackout dates", whatever the heck that means: https://www.aircanada.com/en-ca/seat...nerdotcom|caen
Everything I looked at is the same as it was yesterday pre-code.
