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2011
3
October
How to get to Shanghai, China for $605 roundtrip after taxes
3
October
Update @ 5:23 PM : Delta seems to have caught on and the price is now back up unfortunately. There were reports that the reverse was working for a while as well (out of a Canadian city, back into a U.S. city). Could still be worth trying.
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So the cheapest flights from Ottawa to Shanghai, China usually bottom out at around $1100 roundtrip after taxes.
But there's a creative way to get there for nearly half that price, by flying out of Syracuse but back home to Ottawa. How? Here's a tutorial...
1. Start with a multi-city search on Kayak (or Orbitz, or wherever)...
https://www.kayak.com/flights?mc=y
2. Choose to fly from Syracuse (SYR) to Shanghai (PVG) on November 7th
3. Choose to fly from Shanghai (PVG) to Ottawa (YYZ) on November 21
Or you can just go to this link if you want to go directly to that fare search.
You'll see that it comes up around $605 CDN roundtrip after taxes!
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Now you might be thinking that the savings are due to the fact that you're flying out of the U.S. - it's always cheaper to fly from the U.S. right? Actually, on flights to Asia (and many international flights), it's usually not a whole lot cheaper to fly from the U.S. than from Ottawa.
If you try a normal roundtrip flight from Syracuse to Shanghai for example, you'll see that it comes up around $1100 roundtrip after taxes, similar to Ottawa. It's the fact that you're flying out of one city and back to a different one that makes it cheaper in this particular case. This isn't always the case, but right now there seems to be a lot of interesting ones like this to cities in Asia on Delta.
Here's Manila, Philippines for example, down to $791 roundtrip after taxes, about 40% cheaper than what it usually costs roundtrip from either Ottawa or Syracuse.
https://www.kayak.com/flights/SYR-MNL/2011-11-07/mnl-YOW/2011-11-21
Here's Hong Kong, down to $717 roundtrip after taxes
https://www.kayak.com/flights/SYR-HKG/2011-11-08/HKG-YOW/2011-11-21
Are there other dates available besides these November dates? Yes, but the only way to find them is through trial and error. I would focus on October/November/early December dates, and use weekdays such as Mondays and Wednesdays to have the best chance of finding them.
If you see any other interesting ones, feel free to comment here or share on the YOW Deals Facebook wall at http://www.facebook.com/YOWdeals
Good luck!
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2011
8
September
Ottawa to San Francisco - $357 roundtrip after taxes - throughout 2012
8
September
Update: Sep 8 - Flights from Ottawa to Denver seem to be experiencing a similar price drop on Delta, for anyone that likes to ski, you seem to have your choice of dates.
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2011
7
August
Ottawa to Taiwan - $819 roundtrip after tax
7
August
Delta, United and Continental just dumped the price of their flights to Taipei, Taiwan in a serious way. They're down to $819 CDN roundtrip after tax at the moment, about 50% cheaper than the next cheapest airlines!
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2011
31
May
Ottawa to Turks and Caicos - $252 roundtrip after tax
31
May
Air Canada Vacations just significantly dropped the price of a last minute flight to Turks & Caicos.
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2011
17
May
Ottawa to Chicago for May long - $241 roundtrip after tax
17
May
Try May 21 to 24 over on American Airlines, it just dropped by nearly 70%.
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2011
2
May
Ottawa to Paris, France - $540 roundtrip after tax
2
May
So, Air France dropped the price of their Ottawa to Paris flights down to $740 roundtrip after tax.
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2011
4
April
Ottawa to Turks & Caicos - $243 roundtrip after tax
4
April
There's another one of those cheap flights to Turks & Caicos (PLS).
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2011
31
March
United's flights from Ottawa to Vietnam have gone sub-$1000
31
March
United's flights in April/May to Saigon, Vietnam (SGN) have dropped to $968 roundtrip after tax.
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2011
31
March
Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal to Costa Rica - ~$330 roundtrip after tax
31
March
AirCanadaVacations just dropped a last minute flight to Liberia, Costa Rica down to $330 roundtrip after tax, from Ottawa, Toronto, or Montreal.
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2011
30
March
Ottawa to Athens, Greece - $705 roundtrip after tax
30
March
KLM has dropped the price of their May flights to Athens, Greece to about 35% lower than anyone else
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