Cheap Toronto - London fare?
Jan 2, 2000, 1:33 am
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Cheap Toronto - London fare?
I am trying to find a cheap fare between Toronto and London for a weekend trip at the end of January. The travel website that I normally use gives fare of USD1800. Isn't there a cheap way to go? Travel from Boston or New York seems much cheaper, but would prefer to fly direct from Toronto to London. Any suggestions?
Jan 2, 2000, 1:50 am
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Keep an eye on what Canadian and Air Canada have forwebspecials. There used to be weekend specials for about $460+tax (about $70)
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Jan 2, 2000, 2:06 am
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I just did a look up on my res system... and the major reason your fare is so **** high, is because the cheapest fares from YYZ all require a 14day advance purchase and require a min of 7 day stay.
The absolute lowest fare i could find was a Air India of about US$1400 ( all my quotes are in GBP's )
However buying two seperate tickets and going via DTW I got the fare to approx $800 US - these are all no advance minimum stay = Saturday night req.
Hope this helps
The absolute lowest fare i could find was a Air India of about US$1400 ( all my quotes are in GBP's )
However buying two seperate tickets and going via DTW I got the fare to approx $800 US - these are all no advance minimum stay = Saturday night req.
Hope this helps
Jan 2, 2000, 9:03 am
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I have just booked (but not purchased yet) a trip from PIT - LHR via YYZ on AC for US $ 485. It's a weekend trip leaving on a Friday and returning on Monday. Apparently the fares are the same from most US East coast cities. So you could try buying one of these + a RT from YYZ - the city. It is a bit out of the way since you have to come back through YYZ but you'll save a bunch. + you don't really have to use the return segment from YYZ - wherever since you have to go through YYZ anyways.
So you could do:
YYZ - PIT
PIT - YYZ - DON"T USE
PIT - LHR - via YYZ
LHR - PIT - via YYZ (don't use YYZ - PIT)
Total cost @ $800 or less if you can get a cheap YYZ - PIT RT from a travel agent.
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So you could do:
YYZ - PIT
PIT - YYZ - DON"T USE
PIT - LHR - via YYZ
LHR - PIT - via YYZ (don't use YYZ - PIT)
Total cost @ $800 or less if you can get a cheap YYZ - PIT RT from a travel agent.
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Jan 2, 2000, 12:57 pm
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really weird, but given that you like BA miles, the discount BUSINESS CLASS on either CP or KL fare between either Milan or Rome is about US 1600. That plus a cheap Lon-MXP RT would be under $2k USD for business class over the water