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YBR Brandon now searchable on Expedia

YBR Brandon now searchable on Expedia

Adam

Joined: Mar 2005
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Adam
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 15663

YBR Brandon now searchable on Expedia
11/29/2016 at 8:18 AM

Via She Talks Travel, it's been a long time coming but Expedia has added YBR to the list of airports you can search when doing a Flight+Hotel lookup:
http://shetalkstravel.com/?p=782

Unless I'm missing something it looks like you can't search just flights by themselves (yet?), but for me at least it's the combined flight+hotel that's the most useful since there's the ability to get hotel discounts when booking as part of a package along with the ability to combine flight legs with different airlines.

The searches will also give you the option of finding the most optimal flight connections between airlines. For example when I searched for a trip from Brandon to Orlando, the best-case scenario it's recommending on the date I chose is using Westjet to go from Calgary to Los Angeles and then American Airlines from Los Angeles to Orlando.

Enjoy!
Adam

Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 15663

Adam
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 15663

Possibilities
11/30/2016 at 8:04 AM

Another post that gives more of a visual of the possibilities for trips like Italy, Finland, San Francisco:
http://shetalkstravel.com/?p=787

Hard to argue how nice it would be to land at home after a long trek back from Europe but would be nice to spend some time comparing same trips out of Winnipeg and Minot. Brandon obviously first choice but curious as always what the premium is to fly out of home!
JANOLE

Joined: May 2009
Posts: 590

JANOLE
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 590

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11/30/2016 at 9:12 AM

Not sure if it will be worth it for international flights overseas. I just did a quick comparison with same dates to Norway from Brandon and from Winnipeg and it was about $2000 more for a ticket to fly out of Brandon. Not quite worth it. I would still rather drive the 2 hrs and pay the $150 (est) for parking in Winnipeg. If prices level out or drop considerably I agree that flying direct out of Brandon would be pretty sweet,
redwine1966
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 204

redwine1966
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 204

Wish
11/30/2016 at 10:56 AM

Wish Westjet would bring back the two flights per day, every day, for the winter months. Was looking for a hot holiday, but most have an overnight stop in calgary, as connection times don't work out.