Lizard Valley
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- Sep 10, 2012
I am also in Montreal, and was looking at these options just this morning. YUL-Mco is upwards of 560$ whether on Air Canada (direct) or on Delta (with a US connection). Alb-Mco on SW is still ridiculously high (422$) considering we'd have to drive 3.5 hrs and pay for parking. Another 40 mins drive and we could leave from Manchester NH and get the round trip for 317$. Plus parking, plus stress if a snow storm comes through.
Is it worth it? Not sure...it's what I'm trying to decide right now. In the past I've been able to get something out of YUL for under 400$. It just hasn't happened this year, and I've been checking since April! I just might cancel the trip this year. fP+ is making Disney this year even less attractive
Just a quick update: I was able to find airfare from YUL (consistently for the past 2 weeks; something comes up every day) on Air Canada. I finally booked YUL MCO via Pearson/Ottawa Thurs Feb 27 - Mon March 10 for $365 R/T. This is a very good price for Montreal at March break, and the times are good (arrive in MCO at 8pm on 27th; depart MCO at noonish on the 10th. I have never gotten under 400$ before. Last year I was thrilled to get $400 by buying 2 one way tickets (one on Air Canada and the other on Delta), and that came up in August for March travel, and never got any lower.
Otherwise, the cheapest flight I could have gotten was through Manchester for about $330US each, including the early boarding fees. I just wasn't comfortable driving 5 hours in snow storm season. And it was definitely not worth it to save 35$ pp (less when you consider the exchange rate today).
I think I just got lucky. The decision would have been different if I were travelling in August (no snow!).