November Flight - Is this a good deal?

[two*little*birds]

Arrive November 9th
Depart November 19th

2 Adults
2 Kids

Flying JetBlue from BUF

$916.00 USD


Should we wait and see if there is a seat sale from YYZ? We've never done the Buffalo thing so we not sure.

Thanks for any input.

 

[BKMETV]

With the taxes etc. I doubt you'll get anything cheaper out of Pearson. I'm flying out of Detroit...2 adults/2 kids for $904 which seems to be about the going rate so you did OK.

Ev

 

[digskat]

I just got a quote from Airtran for $886 from Detroit, so your price is reasonable. The cheapest I could get from Toronto was $1630 on Northwest.

 

[disneyfan2]

I found the fall prices seem to be higher, but i would think this is a good deal. SW prices are alot higher then the past so i don't see the cheaper deals like before.

 

[trivial]

Those prices seem really high... does anyone know why that is? Perhaps that's the norm for that time of year, but it's far enough from U.S. Thanksgiving that I wouldn't think that would be the reason.

There's no chance you'll ever find a decent rate at YYZ in my experience.

 

[disneyfan2]

Not sure why, but SW released it's rate recently until end of Oct and they came in higher then normal, i believe reutn was $218 _tax from Buffalo. So they are definetly not as cheap as we are use to but still probably 1/2 of what it would cost to fly Pearson

 

[digskat]

prices have gone up, and will continue, as their fuel prices rise.

 

[snickerboo]

You will not get cheaper from Toronto than Buffalo, ever. Even deals like Sunwing's $50 sale have $200 of tax on each ticket so they're really $250 each not $50, flights from the US don't have these 'taxes'. we are flying from Detroit in November for $600 for 4 ($54 each way).

Flying out of Buffalo or Detroit are well worth it, IMO and far less hassle than Pearson.

 

[digskat]

you are lucky if your flights from Detroit have no taxes or surcharges. The flights we were booking were $54.50 per person each way, with $112 each in taxes and surcharges.....total $886. Spirit was $140 round trip each, with a $81 tax hit each, for an $882 hit.

 

[MrMarv]

Can someone provide a breakdown on all those taxes and fees on Canadian airline tickets?

Since SWA is charging $924.00 for a party of four, I'd say you did just fine.

 

[trivial]

I would've expected that taxes would be the same percentage regardless of airline. Not so?

 

[PBX1]

I believe all airports have the 9-11 Security tax and an Airport Improvement "tax". The Airport Improvement tax is high at Pearson because they now have to pay off Terminal 1. Also Pearson has the highest landing/take off fees so that is passed on to the passengers from the airlines.

 

[PBX1]

Arrive November 9th
Depart November 19th

2 Adults
2 Kids

Flying JetBlue from BUF

$916.00 USD



Thanks for any input.

That doesn't look too bad. There's 4 of us flying from Buffalo in December on JetBlue and got a price of $1100.

 

[mkmommy]

For those dates on AirTran the direct flights for 4 is $728.

 

[canron]

gfo to sothwest ign up for ding...we never fly out of yyz anymaore...it been 11 years 3 times a year out of buffalo..going may 14 to 19 got it very cheap on ding

 

[two*little*birds]

Thanks, will look at the AirTran website shortly.

For JetBlue, how do you book the seats with more leg room? Both DH and I are very tall and would be willing to pay the extra for that.

Thanks

 

[two*little*birds]

Oh no... just went back to JetBlue and got quoted $1,136.00 this time. WTH?

 

[two*little*birds]

Wow just got a price of $660 from AirTran for the same dates, non-stop flights.

 

[crash2000]

Wow just got a price of $660 from AirTran for the same dates, non-stop flights.

read the fine print...

Fares shown do not include Airport Passenger Facility Charges of up to $18. The September 11th security fee of up to $10 is not included. Fares do not include segment taxes up to $3.50 per segment.

so add another $31/per person, each way..

 

[digskat]

we got the same kind of quote, $596 for 4 of us......then found out the additional taxes and surcharges brought the charges up tp $886.