Fares and Finds

Travel Tips and Deals for Maritimers

2 Comments

PointBreak Heartbreak – Plan B For Stretching Hotel Points

The IHG PointBreaks list was not updated as expected on Monday. Points and miles bloggers have since speculated about its termination. In light of this unfortunate development, I thought I’d explore some of the remaining ways to get as many stays as possible out of points in the various hotel loyalty programs.  [Read more…]

Leave a Comment

Last Minute Timeshare Rentals From Owners – Potential March Break Deals

In this post I’m referring to renting a unit from a timeshare owner. I’m not talking about the promotions where you listen to a sales pitch to get a discount on your stay. If you rent from an owner, there is no obligation to attend any presentation. You might get asked to do it but you are free to decline. Anyway, there’s a website where timeshare owners post rental offers within a 45 day period at a capped rate. If you’re someone who likes to book last minute travel deals, this is perhaps a good site to know about. [Read more…]

Leave a Comment

Open-Jaw Non-Stop Flights From Halifax Under $700 (UK and Germany)

Three airlines offer non-stop flights to Europe from Halifax: Air Canada, WestJet and Condor. We might as well remove Air Canada from the list, however, because the grounding of the 737 Max 8 has put the London Heathrow non-stop in limbo with no foreseeable return. This is particularly unfortunate as it was the only flight that wasn’t limited to seasonal service. On the bright side, both WestJet and Condor offer non-stop flights to more than one city. Therefore, I did a bit of searching today to find a couple of reasonably priced non-stop open-jaw itineraries for spring 2020. [Read more…]

3 Comments

Halifax to Southern Europe (Flying Condor Airlines with Alaska Miles)

I’ve recently written about a neat opportunity to accumulate and use Alaska Airlines’ frequent flyer miles to fly non-stop to Frankfurt or Munich from Halifax, NS on Condor Airlines. You can read all about that here. Now I’d like to explore some more of the European destinations you can reach with 25,000 Alaska miles on Condor with one connection. [Read more…]

Leave a Comment

Searching For March Break Flight Availability (Air Miles & Aeroplan)

The information in this post obviously reflects a moment in time. Any availability I found might have disappeared by the time I hit the “publish” button on the blog. I just thought it might be worth going through the process of looking for options to redeem miles during Nova Scotia’s March break, just to see what I could find. Many people have to plan their travels around school breaks and using miles is a much bigger challenge when you’re competing with those in the same boat. [Read more…]

1 Comment

Buy Choice Points With 30% Discount Till February 4, 2020 (Europe Deals)

I recently wrote about the newly released reward rates at Choice hotels from mid-April till the end of June. Well, there is now a nice discount for buying Choice Privileges points till February 4th. If you’re interested in a Europe trip and have some flexibility in your travel plans, you can really save on lodging by purchasing points and redeeming them wisely. [Read more…]

1 Comment

Fly Condor Halifax To Europe For 25,000 Alaska Miles One-Way (Summer 2020)

Condor Airlines offers seasonal non-stop service from Halifax to Frankfurt and Munich. One avenue to book these flights is to redeem Alaska Mileage Plan miles. The lowest redemption level for a one-way flight is 25,000 miles. There is availability at this amount from May 30th till mid-July and the remaining summer and autumn dates will likely appear later. Interestingly, for us here in the Maritimes, there are ways to earn Alaska miles. [Read more…]