2011
6
October
Vancouver to Istanbul, Turkey - $676 roundtrip after taxes. Greece $729.
6
October
There's a very interesting unadvertised sale going on with Delta at the moment, to many cities in Europe that never usually go on sale.
The fares to Istanbul, Turkey (IST) stood out to me the most, because fares to Turkey tend to bottom out at about $1150 roundtrip after taxes. So this is a good 40%+ off the usual lowest price.
Here's an example search in November/December...
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-IST/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
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Something to note is that Delta's fares on Kayak appear to be coming up cheaper when you *don't* use the flexible date search, so pick specific dates.
I would focus on Mon/Tue/Wed flights, as they seem to be the cheapest. I'm not sure exactly how large a date range has been affected, but would start by focusing on November/December. They do seem to have dropped for early 2012 as well though.
Athens, Greece looks to be down to $727 roundtrip after taxes, which is again, about 40% cheaper than it ever normally gets to.
example search to Athens:
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-ATH/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Other cities that look to be affected:
Madrid, Spain ($608)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-MAD/2011-11-23/2011-12-05
Warsaw, Poland ($641)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-WAW/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Moscow, Russia ($642)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-SVO/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
^^ requires overnighting in Seattle or Los Angeles each way.
Barcelona, Spain ($670)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-BCN/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Stockholm, Sweden ($674)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-ARN/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Budapest, Hungary ($676)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-BUD/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Brussels, Belgium ($694)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-BRU/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Oslo, Norway ($695)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-OSL/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Venice, Italy ($722)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-VCE/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Copenhagen, Denmark ($725)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-CPH/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Bucharest, Romania ($727)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-OTP/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Rome, Italy ($735)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-FCO/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Paris, France ($748)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-CDG/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Nice, France ($750)
https://www.kayak.com/flights/#YVR-NCE/2011-11-21/2011-12-05
Tel Aviv, Israel is also down to $996, about 30% cheaper than it ever usually gets.
Something to note is that a lot of the flights from YVR are actually operated by KLM, which makes it an even better deal in my opinion. KLM is usually a bit nicer in economy class than Delta, slightly better food, service and seats.
Update October 8th: Some more interesting ones...
Geneva, Switzerland ($641)
Helsinki, Finland ($668)
Zurich, Switzerland ($671)
Milan, Italy ($687)
Dusseldorf, Germany ($764)
Lisbon, Portugal ($774)
Kiev, Ukraine ($791)
Dubai, UAE ($850)
Cairo, Egypt ($876)
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2011
4
October
Vancouver to various U.S. cities - $287 roundtrip after taxes - throughout schedule!
4
October
aUpdate @ 4:05 PM - Hmmm...it seems like United may have put them back up already, that was short lived!
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2011
19
September
Vancouver to Scotland - $559 roundtrip after taxes - cheapest flight this year
19
September
October flights to Glasgow, Scotland look to have dropped to records lows, down to $559 roundtrip after taxes, making them the cheapest flights to Scotland this year.
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2011
15
September
Vancouver to Belize or Costa Rica - $646 roundtrip after taxes - throughout winter
15
September
United, American Airlines, Continental, and Delta just engaged in a serious fare ware to Central America!
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2011
10
September
Unusually cheap Christmas flight to Poland - $747 roundtrip after taxes
10
September
For some reason Delta's flight from December 24 to January 9 from Vancouver to Warsaw, Poland is unusually cheap, at $747 roundtrip after taxes.
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2011
9
September
All Inclusive Package: Mayan Rivieria - 7 nights - $528/person after taxes
9
September
Yes, that's $528/person after all taxes/fees for flight, hotel, food, drinks, everything.
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2011
6
September
Vancouver to New York City - $358 roundtrip after taxes
6
September
UPDATE: September 9th - Take this blog post, and substitute the city of New York for Philadelphia (PHL) or Charlotte (CLT) on United. They've dropped their prices to those cities down to about $329 roundtrip after taxes, across the board, throughout 2011 and 2012.
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2011
1
September
New record for cheapest flight to Europe this year - $533 roundtrip after taxes
1
September
There's a new record for this year's cheapest flights from Vancouver to Europe.
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2011
30
August
Vancouver to Honduras or Nicaragua, $391 roundtrip after taxes
30
August
United/Continental just drastically dropped the price of their flights to the following cities in an unadvertised fare drop...
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2011
26
August
Seattle to Beijing, China - $400 roundtrip after taxes
26
August
There are some ridiculously cheap flights out of Seattle to Beijing, China in October, November, and even early December at the moment. Even from Seattle this is over 50% off the usual bottom price.
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