Help with flights to Vancouver please

wenger08

Hi i am looking to travel to Vancouver, Canada next month and im having trouble finding cheap flights.

I need to travel around 19th june and return around 30th june (i am fairly flexible on the days i can leave and return...if it means i can get a cheaper flight)

Ideally i would like to travel from Birmingham but dont mind going to machester or london (if the deal is good)

I have checked skyscanner but everything is well over £750!

Can anybody offer advice on where else to look etc please?

Thanks

ldeadman1980

just had a look on http://www.airtransat.co.uk/en/index.aspx

from gatwick to vancover 20/06-02/07 £551 rtn

Caz3121

So close to departure there will be very few options for cheap seats.
Cheapest options seem to be Air Transat from Gatwick
20th June to 2nd July shows as £551 (note that £381 of this is airport taxes and surcharges)

John259

Sorry if this is obvious but while searching make sure the flight is to Vancouver, British Columbia. There's another Vancouver in Washington State. No sensible person would get them confused but a computer system might.

wenger08

ldeadman1980 wrote: »

just had a look on http://www.airtransat.co.uk/en/index.aspx

from gatwick to vancover 20/06-02/07 £551 rtn

Caz3121 wrote: »

So close to departure there will be very few options for cheap seats.
Cheapest options seem to be Air Transat from Gatwick
20th June to 2nd July shows as £551 (note that £381 of this is airport taxes and surcharges)

Thanks guys, that is a really good price. I am from Birmingham though so getting to gatwick and back might bump up the price abit. Plus it adds on 5+ hours travel time which i was trying to avoid.

But those flights are direct so its still not a bad deal.

It would still mean a total travel time of 15 hours+ and the non direct flights i have found from birmingham have a total travel time of 17 hours, with 2 stops.

There seems to be a route via brussels air + air canada flying from Birmingham, which was showing up at £530 last week. There were many flights and many different options which all seemed to mysteriously raise up in price by the next day! I was hoping they would come down again....but from what you are saying its not very likely now?

Thank you for your help it is much appreciated!

jackieblack

John259 wrote: »

Sorry if this is obvious but while searching make sure the flight is to Vancouver, British Columbia. There's another Vancouver in Washington State. No sensible person would get them confused but a computer system might.

Unlikely, as Vancouver in WA doesn't have an airport. (The closest is PDX in Portland, OR)

jackieblack

wenger08 wrote: »

Hi i am looking to travel to Vancouver, Canada next month and im having trouble finding cheap flights.

I need to travel around 19th june and return around 30th june (i am fairly flexible on the days i can leave and return...if it means i can get a cheaper flight)

Ideally i would like to travel from Birmingham but dont mind going to machester or london (if the deal is good)

I have checked skyscanner but everything is well over £750!

Can anybody offer advice on where else to look etc please?

Thanks

Have you considered flights to Seattle?
Sometimes cheaper, although not always.


ETA: Kayak are showing some US Airways flights from MAN to SEA for £642, via PHL or CLT

John259

jackieblack wrote: »

Unlikely, as Vancouver in WA doesn't have an airport.

http://www.cityofvancouver.us/cmo/page/about-pearson-field

jackieblack

John259 wrote: »

http://www.cityofvancouver.us/cmo/page/about-pearson-field

Sorry, should have clarified, no airport big enough for any commercial airliners to fly to :cool:

(Pearson Field lies directly below the final approach to runway 10L at Portland International Airport :eek: )

John259

jackieblack wrote: »

Sorry, should have clarified, no airport big enough for any commercial airliners to fly to :cool:

That's true of course, but never underestimate the ability of computer search routines to come up with something crazy.

jackieblack

John259 wrote: »

That's true of course, but never underestimate the ability of computer search routines to come up with something crazy.

Well it certainly would have to be 'crazy' to turn up a flight to an airport that no commercial airlines fly to!

In fact neither skyscanner nor kayak recognise it's name or code (VUO, but then it's an FAA code, not recognised by IATA)