 Poster: A snowHead
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Been looking at the possibility of a Canada trip in late Dec/early Jan of next season.
For this winter, scheduled return Air Transat flights from Manchester to Calgary have, at times, been about £300 cheaper than the usual scheduled airlines - eg early Feb was about £400 return.
However, no flights currently come up on the Air Transat website after Oct 2014. Even stranger, I rang the airline today to be advised that they have no idea when winter flights will be on sale.
All seems more than a little odd.... 
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 20-02-14 23:11; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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easyJet flights aren't out either
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Nor jet2 or Monarch
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Oh...Ta! I'm used to easyjet etc flights coming out in x2 batches a year - but had assumed that a long haul operator would be bookable a year or so in advance - like BA, KLM, Lufthansa and co. currently are.
Cheers!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Air Transat are more of a charter holiday airline than a long haul operator - probably still waiting to sort out what they are doing. In the UK their may be more info on the Canadian Affair website (not sure who owns who though!)
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Usually you can't book more than 11 months in advance for scheduled airlines.
Flight schedules change from Summer to Winter timetables as the clocks go forward/back. They may not have drawn up their Winter 14/15 schedule yet.
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Are you sure they are running winter flights from Manchester?
They stopped this winter schedule last year and it was unavailable this year, hence we are flying again from Heathrow with Air Canada.
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No, not sure p.kini.... Bergmeister travelled with them from MAN a year or two ago - so I had just assumed that it would still be a goer - especially as the website lets you select MAN >Calgary on the drop down menu.
Ta for the tip off - that could explain it.
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Cheers chocksaway - I'm not too familiar with Air Transat so had assumed (there I go again with assumptions) that they are a regular long-haul kinda operation, rather than charter-orientated.
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Last autumn I booked on the last but one trip from Calgary to MAN in late October. The flights were fine but the final itinerary was not issued until 28 days before departure (4 hr difference on arrival time in UK) and the return leg was consolidated with a Gatwick flight - luckily for me we landed at MAN first.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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They have released weds LGW-YYC flights for 2015
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Facebook saying only weds flights next year...
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Air transat don't fly to either Vancouver or Calgary from Manchester in the winter, they haven't for the last 2 years. Its just a bit annoying, they only fly from Gatwick to western Canada in the winter. They canceled I flight I had booked a couple of years ago told me to fly from gatwick so I asked them to book me a flight from manchester to gatwick included in the price , I got my money back! Now book with BA.
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