
This deal has been extended, with eligable bookings now must be completed by November 7, 2012!
Well it looks like Air Canada is finally in the mood to try and match some competitive offers from Porter Airlines, see the earlier 50% of ALL FLIGHTS Porter Promotion page here.
The Air Canada Deal on the surface appears equally as attractive as the Porter Airlines deal, with one notable exception: Air Canada's 50% off sale has a black-out period during the peak Christmas 2011 and New-Year periods (almost a month long, the blackout is in effect December 16th 2011 to January 11th, 2012). The Porter Promotion mentioned in the above paragraph, doesn't appear to black-out this whole period, offering consumers some opportunity to save during Christmas and into early 2012.
There are two Air Canada promotion codes, one for Eastern Canada and the Other for a few U.S. short-haul destinations (basically matching Porter Airline's most popular destination footprint):
- Use Promotion Code "DEAL50" for Eastern Canada (Tango fares) for destinations like Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Halifax, Moncton, St.Johns NL, Fredericton NB, Sault Ste. Marie, Windsor and Thurnder Bay, ON. Learn more here.
- Use Promotion Code "USDEAL50" for a few Eastern USA flights (Tango Plus fares this time) between Toronto Pearson International and New York, Boston and Chicago. Learn more here.
All flights must be booked by midnight November 7th, 2011. Travel must be completed by March 31st, 2012 (note the blackout period mentioned above). To get the respective discount, just enter the promotion code quoted above when you book your flight at aircanada.com.
Canadian travellers love the competition, but it would be truly great if Air Canada showed a little more creativity than just copying many of the discounts offered by Porter Airlines. Just imagine how much more of the country and world Canadians could see if Air Canada had some true national domestic competition plus real international competition; instead of using the same discount matching tactics that drove CP Air/Canadian Airlines into financial trouble in the 1990s. It must be nice to sit on Mr. Milton's millions, while the Canadian public and most of Air Canada's line-staff have seen little, if any, real-world benefits. Just an opinion on a deal site! Feel free to share your comments (agree or disagree) below.
BTW, Air Canada you still owe us the money you promised in writing.