Tagged Pages Archive | Southern Europe
2013
11
February
KLM | Which romantic city should we put on sale from Vancouver ?
11
February
Back in 2012, you might recall that KLM Canada asked Canadians to vote on which city they should put on sale. The winner ended up being Istanbul, Turkey and KLM offered the fare for $700 roundtrip after taxes, for a period of 48 hours, and it was one of the best deals of the year available from Vancouver.
This year, they’re offering a similar promotion, and once again putting 5 cities up for a vote.
Barcelona, Spain
Budapest, Hungary
Prague, Czech Republic
Venice, Italy
Vienna, Austria
KLM is billing the cities as ‘romantic Valentine’s destinations’ and claiming they will offer the sale on February 13. The winning city will be available for a fare price of $850 roundtrip after taxes from Vancouver.
Is it a good deal?
From Vancouver, deals to any of these European cities (especially the ones to Eastern Europe) are quite rare, and prices are typically in the range of $1200 – $1400 roundtrip after taxes, so a price of $850 would be a fairly significant discount.
It remains to be seen what date range KLM will offer this sale price for. My guess is that they will be available on dates up to the end of May at the very furthest. I’d definitely be surprised to see them offer the sale over the peak summer month period, when fares are always even higher.
Don’t forget that with KLM you always have the opportunity to get a free stopover in Amsterdam as well, regardless of which city you're flying to. You can get the stopover for as many days as you want.
To vote on which city you want to put on sale, you need to be logged into Facebook, and head to: http://www.facebook.com/KLMCanada
Unlike last time, I won't try to sway the vote with my opinion about which city should win. They're all pretty great cities in their own ways. Feel free to comment in the comments section about which city you think should win, and why.
Update: It looks like KLM is now going to be putting the top 2 vote getters on sale.
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2012
18
December
Air Canada launches 'Rouge', a new leisure traveler focused airline - any good deals from Vancouver?
18
December
You may have heard that Air Canada was planning to start an LCC (low cost carrier) airline that caters to leisure travelers. Well today, they released some info on the name of the new carrier (Rouge), their slogan, and the first sampling of what destinations are available from Vancouver, and how much they'll cost.
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2012
8
August
Let's Talk Turkey - A how-to guide for planning your trip
8
August
Back in mid June, KLM Canada held a little contest that resulted in some temporarily amazing prices to Istanbul from across the country. Judging by the number of e-mails, Tweets, and Facebook messages I received, I think it's safe to say there will be thousands more Canadians than usual visiting Turkey later this year and in the spring of 2013.
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2012
12
June
Vancouver to Istanbul, Turkey - from $700 roundtrip after taxes!
12
June
I've been waiting a long time for this! Turkey has always been near the top of my list of places on this planet that I want to check out (and it's a long list). Fares are *never* cheap though, and usually hover around a minimum of $1300-$1400 roundtrip after taxes.
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2012
11
June
KLM asking people to vote on which city they should put on sale
11
June
UPDATE:
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2012
27
March
Vancouver to Europe - from $518 roundtrip after taxes - Croatia for $654!
27
March
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.
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2011
15
February
Seattle to places in Europe - low as $322 roundtrip after tax!
15
February
Delta just dropped an unannounced bombshell on prices to Europe out of the U.S.
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2010
30
November
Seattle to Spain - $387 roundtrip after tax!
30
November
American Airlines just drastically reduced the price of their flights to Barcelona and Madrid down to under $400 roundtrip after tax!
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