Air Canada and WestJet have dropped the price of their flights from Vancouver to Halifax, Nova Scotia down to between $326 and $370 CAD roundtrip including taxes.
The flights are nonstop both ways.
Most notably, July dates are available for $370 roundtrip.
Vice versa trips (Halifax to Vancouver) are available for a similar roundtrip price.
UPDATE - Dates in the second half of August and in September are still available for $338 CAD roundtrip including taxes. October through November is available for $380 roundtrip. There's also quite a bit of availability in August for business class lie-flat seats through Aeroplan for ~70,000 points roundtrip (see below).
Availability for travel
June 2023: $380 roundtrip
July 2023: $370 roundtrip
August 2023: $401 roundtrip
September, October 2023: $326 roundtrip
November 2023: $386 roundtrip
How to find and book this deal
1. Start with the following Google Flights search:
Google Flights: Vancouver to Halifax
- Click on the departure date box to open up the calendar view and browse for cheap date combinations.
- Adjust the trip length at the bottom.
- Look for the dates that are $355-$373 roundtrip.
2. Go to Skyscanner or Kayak or FlightHub
- Try the same dates you found on Google Flights.
There's also quite a bit of availability in August for Aeroplan business class flights for around 70,000 points in lie-flat seats
Try dates in August on the Aeroplan website. Look for the dates that are approximately 35,000 points + $35 in taxes each way.
This is roughly equivalent to paying $770 CAD roundtrip for business class. (Typical price is around $2500).
Dates in both directions are available.
Make sure the aircraft involved is the 787 for lie-flat seats.
screenshot from Aeroplan:
screenshot from Kayak
