YOW to YVR - best (cheapest) Commercial Flight deals???

[DonaldDuck]

why is it so pricey to fly cross-Canada? I can fly in europe for 20 euros on a 3 hour flight…

YOW to YVR is always about $700 ballpark if not more round trip…

westjet.. air canada…

..any "deals" to be had?

[North Shore]

So move to Europe then.

35 million people, large country, small density, smaller cities, equals higher airfares.
Depending on how many stops you want, Philadelphia to LA ranges from $200USD to $600USD, according to Expedia.

Deals? Drive, train, bus, hitch, bike, walk - the cost to you in money and time will vary.

Or, you could simply stop trolling..

[TheStig]

How much of that ticket price are the airport improvement fees and security surcharge (about $150)? I'd also suggest looking at a map, the block time between YOW-YVR is 5:43. Canadians are actually quite fortunate to have 2 carriers competing on such a sparse route. Try and find a cheaper direct flight between Madrid and Moscow which are both larger cities and slightly closer geographically.

[Nark]

Personally I love your Communist/socialist money grabbing government fees.

It means 85% of the population that live a few hour drive from the US border, chooses to drive to a US airport and take US flights.
Albeit, the CDN-US $ is really weak, so as of late we don't see the mass of Canadian pax on our birds.

[delta1]

Taxi from Yvr to downtown about $50 and a 1600 mile flight is $700. Sorry what are you complaining about?

[linecrew]

Ogdensburg, NY airport expansion is currently underway. Maybe one of the major US carriers will start operating out of there and you can fly with them for less to Seattle, which is two hours by car south of Vancouver.

[redlaser]

You can buy your own jet or use Aurora who rents jets to ppl who can't afford their own