[FARE GONE] Expedia.ca $300 coupon on packages (new terms)
Nov 20, 2010, 8:26 pm
#1786
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Sorry, I could not help but laugh 
Pretty funny story!
Nov 20, 2010, 8:28 pm
#1787
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: BWI
Posts: 7,390
Legally, they will still have to offer us the option to get a full refund, or pay the price difference if they chose this avenue.
Nov 20, 2010, 8:28 pm
#1788
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: ORD, RDU
Programs: UA, AA, Marriott
Posts: 364
someone please answer me! is the voucher still valid and if so, how do you get it to work? i've tried multiple times now and keep getting the same error message!
Nov 20, 2010, 8:29 pm
#1790
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ohio
Programs: HH Dia, WOH Dia, Bonvoy Gold, IHG Plt
Posts: 131
I went ahead and booked DEN-LAS over Christmas a couple hours ago. Easy drive home to SoCal for the holiday festivities with family, plus a couple days in Vegas. I'm in for $0 (trip came to $250 -- could have booked a more expensive hotel, but figured just in case I'd go for lowest price and a cancellable hotel).
My thoughts on the terms of the Voucher: I have made "remote" travel bookings in the past, specifically to get travel deals in Asia that I was not able to get here. They required Korean or China bookings to get the deal. So I made them from the US through travel agencies in Asia and got the deal. I guess I don't see "Canadian Bookings Only" as being all that different.
Also seems to me that if Xp.ca wanted to limit the deal to Canadian billing addresses and for trips originating from airports in Canada, they would have just said so. How hard would it be to write: "valid only for round trip flights originating in Canada" or "valid only for Canadian billing addresses". Plus, when I made my reservation, I was explictly clear that I had an billing address in the US and that my flight originated in the US. Even after that data was entered, the Voucher was still applied using their website.
xp.ca was obviously looking to unload a ton of travel at discount prices, but I am thinking they were surprised at the volume, and thus have had to start throttling the response.
Sure, that logic and a dollar is worth a dollar. But that's my 2 cents. Or 100 cents.
My thoughts on the terms of the Voucher: I have made "remote" travel bookings in the past, specifically to get travel deals in Asia that I was not able to get here. They required Korean or China bookings to get the deal. So I made them from the US through travel agencies in Asia and got the deal. I guess I don't see "Canadian Bookings Only" as being all that different.
Also seems to me that if Xp.ca wanted to limit the deal to Canadian billing addresses and for trips originating from airports in Canada, they would have just said so. How hard would it be to write: "valid only for round trip flights originating in Canada" or "valid only for Canadian billing addresses". Plus, when I made my reservation, I was explictly clear that I had an billing address in the US and that my flight originated in the US. Even after that data was entered, the Voucher was still applied using their website.
xp.ca was obviously looking to unload a ton of travel at discount prices, but I am thinking they were surprised at the volume, and thus have had to start throttling the response.
Sure, that logic and a dollar is worth a dollar. But that's my 2 cents. Or 100 cents.
Nov 20, 2010, 8:32 pm
#1792
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: BWI
Posts: 7,390
Yes, I bet the management of these uber cheap hotels is going to be quite happy (or quite disappointed if Expedia cancels the deals) when they check their calendar and see they're fully booked for the next 1.5 months and that probably a good 50% of the booking's wont' actually check in so no room cleaning, etc.
Nov 20, 2010, 8:32 pm
#1793
Moderator: Avis and Rental Cars
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,034
Tues: Drive to work, drive to airport, fly to vegas, fly home, etc etc
I booked the best western next to LAS so I can shower/shave/relax in my 5 hrs in Vegas, if needed. Otherwise, I'll be showering and shaving in the IAH-PC before driving up to work.
The only other one I got was to NYC on 1 weekend to see a friend. Unfortunately, my wife's MS graduation is 12/18 so we have family/parties all around then or I'd have more booked (with her).
If it hasn't been done already, we need to get a thread for the people going and just post in it the day of your outbound and we can meet up.
Nov 20, 2010, 8:36 pm
#1795
Join Date: Sep 2009
Programs: *G, SPG, OW Sapphire
Posts: 2,565
I booked 10 from IAH-LAS. All on the 545pm or 915pm outbound with the 1am return. Basically my plan for the 2 weeks I'm home/available in december is: Monday: Go to work, go to airport, fly to vegas, fly home
Tues: Drive to work, drive to airport, fly to vegas, fly home, etc etc
I booked the best western next to LAS so I can shower/shave/relax in my 5 hrs in Vegas, if needed. Otherwise, I'll be showering and shaving in the IAH-PC before driving up to work.
The only other one I got was to NYC on 1 weekend to see a friend. Unfortunately, my wife's MS graduation is 12/18 so we have family/parties all around then or I'd have more booked (with her).
If it hasn't been done already, we need to get a thread for the people going and just post in it the day of your outbound and we can meet up.
Tues: Drive to work, drive to airport, fly to vegas, fly home, etc etc
I booked the best western next to LAS so I can shower/shave/relax in my 5 hrs in Vegas, if needed. Otherwise, I'll be showering and shaving in the IAH-PC before driving up to work.
The only other one I got was to NYC on 1 weekend to see a friend. Unfortunately, my wife's MS graduation is 12/18 so we have family/parties all around then or I'd have more booked (with her).
If it hasn't been done already, we need to get a thread for the people going and just post in it the day of your outbound and we can meet up.
Nov 20, 2010, 8:39 pm
#1796
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 737
I booked 10 from IAH-LAS. All on the 545pm or 915pm outbound with the 1am return. Basically my plan for the 2 weeks I'm home/available in december is: Monday: Go to work, go to airport, fly to vegas, fly home
Tues: Drive to work, drive to airport, fly to vegas, fly home, etc etc
Tues: Drive to work, drive to airport, fly to vegas, fly home, etc etc
Cool what you're doing.
Nov 20, 2010, 8:42 pm
#1797
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: IAH ↔ PAR
Posts: 777
I booked 10 from IAH-LAS. All on the 545pm or 915pm outbound with the 1am return. Basically my plan for the 2 weeks I'm home/available in december is: Monday: Go to work, go to airport, fly to vegas, fly home
Tues: Drive to work, drive to airport, fly to vegas, fly home, etc etc
I booked the best western next to LAS so I can shower/shave/relax in my 5 hrs in Vegas, if needed. Otherwise, I'll be showering and shaving in the IAH-PC before driving up to work.
The only other one I got was to NYC on 1 weekend to see a friend. Unfortunately, my wife's MS graduation is 12/18 so we have family/parties all around then or I'd have more booked (with her).
If it hasn't been done already, we need to get a thread for the people going and just post in it the day of your outbound and we can meet up.
Tues: Drive to work, drive to airport, fly to vegas, fly home, etc etc
I booked the best western next to LAS so I can shower/shave/relax in my 5 hrs in Vegas, if needed. Otherwise, I'll be showering and shaving in the IAH-PC before driving up to work.
The only other one I got was to NYC on 1 weekend to see a friend. Unfortunately, my wife's MS graduation is 12/18 so we have family/parties all around then or I'd have more booked (with her).
If it hasn't been done already, we need to get a thread for the people going and just post in it the day of your outbound and we can meet up.
Nov 20, 2010, 8:44 pm
#1798
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Western Mass
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Posts: 424
AZ, you've got 100+ pages of tips and tricks to guide you through the process. If you read 10 of them you'll know everything you need to -- promise!
Nov 20, 2010, 8:45 pm
#1799
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Join Date: May 2002
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Yes, I bet the management of these uber cheap hotels is going to be quite happy (or quite disappointed if Expedia cancels the deals) when they check their calendar and see they're fully booked for the next 1.5 months and that probably a good 50% of the booking's wont' actually check in so no room cleaning, etc.
Nov 20, 2010, 8:46 pm
#1800
Moderator: Avis and Rental Cars
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,034
OMG, wow. That's something. I tell myself (and DH) that I would have done quite a few MRs on this deal if this was before we had our two kids. But I think I'm only kidding myself. Despite being an aviation enthusiast, travel in domestic coach is something I simply "tolerate".
Cool what you're doing.
Cool what you're doing.
And I'm on Continental as a Plat, so I figure I'll be in F most of the flights. I'm 100% for upgrades to & from Vegas in the past year... so it should be much more than "tolerable."