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Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Deals for Canadians

It’s Black Friday and there are deals everywhere as we wish our neighbours in the United States and Happy Thanksgiving! In recent years, both Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been combined into a long weekend of unbelievable discounts assisting our needs into the holiday season. Many hotels and airlines have been offering Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals leading up to the end of November. Even Canadians have a chance to take advantage over these Black Friday deals.

Below is a small list of Black Friday promotions for Canadians:

Company

Promotion When

Terms and Conditions

WestJet

 

 

500,000 seats sold at bargain prices to most destinations WestJet flies to

 

Book by November 30, 2015 Non-refundable and-non transferable
Travel until April 30, 2016 Seats at these fares are limited
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday May not be available on all flights
Air Canada

 

 

 

Match price WestJet’s Black Friday sale

 

 

 

Book by November 30, 2015

 

 

 

Day-of-week restrictions
Seats are limited
Min and Max stays are displayed
Economy class
Air Canada

Vacations

 

Flight and hotel packages starting at $199 + tax November 25 to 29, 2015 only Prices are per person on double occupancy
Earn 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan miles per couple

 

Book for January 1, 2016 to April 30, 2016

 

Economy class
Aeroplan miles awarded once travel is completed
Expedia

 

Score 75% off select hotels on the Expedia App Book on November 27, 2015 Only available on the Expedia app

 

Hotspots such as Vegas, Hawaii and Jamaica 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Starwood 25% off rooms and additional 5% off for members Bookings made between November 26, 2015 to December 1, 2015
Marriott

 

 

 

30% off the company’s best available rates

 

 

 

Book on November 30, 2015

 

 

 

Non-refundable
Limited availability
Blackout dates may apply
Available only at participating hotels and resorts
Porter

 

 

 

 

 

Up to 50% off base fares plus 25%

Promo Code: 2F73CE

 

 

 

 

Book by November 27, 2015 New bookings only
Travel by March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

Atlantic Canada is only 40% off base fares
Discount is not applicable on itineraries that include a partner airline flight segment
Offer may vary on travel dates between December 14, 2015 to January 10, 2016

If you know that you will be planning a trip in a few months, you can take advantage of deals offered by Air Canada, WestJet and Porter as you can travel months after your booking date.

Air Canada is offering vacation packages from Toronto to Cancun and Toronto to Puerto Plata for only $199 (plus taxes and fees). With this promotion, you can still earn Aeroplan Miles.

Usually I pay about $500 to $600 for a flight to Portland, Oregon. It seems like WestJet is offering an extraordinary price during their Black Friday promotions.

WestJet Black Friday (1)

If you go with their Econo fare, it will cost $320.18 for a flight from Ottawa to Portland, while their Flex fare costs about $100 more, clocking in at $443.03. Now I have tried booking for several dates in May, June, and August of 2016 and this pretty much sums up the results.

WestJet Black Friday (2)

All dates did not offer an Econo fare, and the Flex fare clocked in at $520.52, which is about $100 more than when you make the booking during their Black Friday sale.

Some of the deals offered by airlines and hotels will not be publicized until the actual date, especially for some unbelievable Cyber Monday promotions as in previous years, they have been known to sell in minutes.

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