J fare significantly cheaper out of Canada than US for numerous int'l destinations
Aug 31, 2015, 3:58 pm
#63
Join Date: Mar 2014
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So glad I saw this- flying to Delhi from Toronto is about $1400 cheaper than from Colorado. So even adding separate tickets back and forth to Toronto we are still way ahead. I was able to do as well on prices as one of the big business class consolidators- a few dollars better in fact.
Aug 31, 2015, 5:01 pm
#64
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 111
I''m just finding the consolidators, are their prices supposed to be good ? One of them had a little note about the tickets may not originate in the US which I took to mean they booked them from overseas, thereby avoiding the "cartel" pricing. But I can't seem to find that site any more ! 
Hope this wasn't too off-topic but yes even though this is old hat to the veterans there are still some of us noobs to whom this is pure gold !
Waldo did you just google the flights and presto there it was, or did you have to do some special sleuthing to find it ?
Hope this wasn't too off-topic but yes even though this is old hat to the veterans there are still some of us noobs to whom this is pure gold !Waldo did you just google the flights and presto there it was, or did you have to do some special sleuthing to find it ?
Aug 31, 2015, 7:03 pm
#65
Join Date: May 2009
Location: World citizen
Programs: Etihad Platinum, Alitalia FRECCIA ALATA
Posts: 266
I''m just finding the consolidators, are their prices supposed to be good ? One of them had a little note about the tickets may not originate in the US which I took to mean they booked them from overseas, thereby avoiding the "cartel" pricing. But I can't seem to find that site any more ! Hope this wasn't too off-topic but yes even though this is old hat to the veterans there are still some of us noobs to whom this is pure gold !
Waldo did you just google the flights and presto there it was, or did you have to do some special sleuthing to find it ?
Hope this wasn't too off-topic but yes even though this is old hat to the veterans there are still some of us noobs to whom this is pure gold !Waldo did you just google the flights and presto there it was, or did you have to do some special sleuthing to find it ?
Here is what I do.
Find all the published fares at expertflyer but you can't book them. So once you know what is available you start your well informed search from that point. next you wanna see which origin point has it cheaper. once you got that you use google flights as well as ITA matrix to find what you saw on expertflyer. same fare basic might only be available for few days of a month as other dates could be booked etc. so you also play around with dates and on expertflyer you can also see booking condition. Sometimes have advance booking notice.
Note:- Airlines may also have coupons available which won't be applied on 3rd party booking so you also need to check what the airline is offering directly. Etihad in the past have offered coupons of 10% to 30% off all classes. so that's something you can't see on GDS.
I've skipped a lot of details which I am sure others can chime in on. Anyway that's the basics of it.
Sep 1, 2015, 2:57 pm
#68
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 200
Wow, glad i found this thread! I am thinking about doing YYZ-DEL return in J and using UA miles for a return on Air Canada for IAH-YYZ. Any advice on doing this since it will be separate itineraries? If I stick to Air Canada the whole way I think I should be OK re: delays causing a missed flight, etc.
Sep 1, 2015, 9:13 pm
#69
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Wow, glad i found this thread! I am thinking about doing YYZ-DEL return in J and using UA miles for a return on Air Canada for IAH-YYZ. Any advice on doing this since it will be separate itineraries? If I stick to Air Canada the whole way I think I should be OK re: delays causing a missed flight, etc.
AC is horrible in helping out even with its own schedule changes.
Often these DEL flight let you book yyz-ewr-del you would be much safer doing that, then UA is great about sked changes.
in fact they would let you fly IAH-EWR-DEL if you get a sked change At times I LOVE UA sked changes!
Sep 1, 2015, 10:47 pm
#70
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 200
AC is a very difficult airline to deal with, however since your reward ticket is with UA miles, UA are often very helpful when you get a sked change even with a different airline.
AC is horrible in helping out even with its own schedule changes.
Often these DEL flight let you book yyz-ewr-del you would be much safer doing that, then UA is great about sked changes. in fact they would let you fly IAH-EWR-DEL if you get a sked change At times I LOVE UA sked changes!
AC is horrible in helping out even with its own schedule changes.
Often these DEL flight let you book yyz-ewr-del you would be much safer doing that, then UA is great about sked changes.
in fact they would let you fly IAH-EWR-DEL if you get a sked change At times I LOVE UA sked changes!
Sep 2, 2015, 1:03 am
#71
Join Date: Sep 2005
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This is why I ended up not routing through EWR, but went Canada-Europe-BOM on the outbound. (And then the AC flight to Europe ended up departing an hour later!)
Sep 2, 2015, 7:02 am
#73
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Sep 2, 2015, 9:53 am
#75
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Posts: 200
Thanks for the info! Will try and play around with my dates to see if I can get LH or LX via Europe. I also noticed that AC now has a new non-stop to DEL on their 787 but the lower fares don't seem to hold for that flight. Not traveling until late November so have sometime to watch the fares before pulling the trigger