Midnight Madness sale at Westjet (Still going although officially over)

[asdfvcx]

(My apologies for the first of two cross posts. I already posted these in the travel forum, but figured some people who don't wander into that forum may be interested.)


I just got an email from Westjet, saying that they are having a sale the next five nights. It's scheduled from midnight to 6am Mountain time. That's 11pm-5am Pacific and 2am-8am Eastern.

They're saying select routes will be at blowout prices of under $100 one-way. This is for travel until the end of June. But of course, they aren't saying what routes.

The link (http://www.westjet.com/index_redirect.html?uripath=/guest/spare1.jsp?language=en) they provided, current just says coming soon.


So, for people looking to travel this month, Westjet may or may not be having a big sale the next couple of nights. :)


Edit: Just to clarify, it's starting tonight. As in about 3 hours from now.

[a89aries]

its 12:03 EST and still nothing...

[Pr0metheus]

its 12:03 EST and still nothing...

OP said 3 hours from now at about 11PM. So try again 2AM, if you're still awake ;)

They also specified 2AM to 8AM :)

[a89aries]

forget that! going to sleep!

[Gaffer]

Perhaps it is 12:00 MST since WestJet is based in Calgary.

[sheriffabc]

Perhaps it is 12:00 MST since WestJet is based in Calgary.

OP mentioned " It's scheduled from midnight to 6am Mountain time. That's 11pm-5am Pacific and 2am-8am Eastern."

[redsunsdriver]

Its probably like Vancouver-Calgary for 99 bucks
or Toronto to Montreal for 89

[CS-Source-ChallengeME!]

i'm patient. but still says coming soon

[BooFA1010]

Its 2:06AM Eastern time and still no sale

[asdfvcx]

I think they're having computer problems. If you try to book a regular flight, it doesn't seem to be working. It doesn't show any prices or dates.

[timmay]

I think they're having computer problems. If you try to book a regular flight, it doesn't seem to be working. It doesn't show any prices or dates.

weird, i just tried booking a regular flight and had no problems getting dates & prices, and I even managed to get to the checkout

Either way, bed time for me, hopefully I get up in time to see if there's any decent deals. :cheesygri

[tueurkate]

I have to use the single-day display to see any prices.

[redsunsdriver]

Fail

[ZackBC]

Fail

x2

[Rometiklan]

I think they're having computer problems. If you try to book a regular flight, it doesn't seem to be working. It doesn't show any prices or dates.

Same for me.

[darkdude]

+1 for slight BOL reference!

[redsunsdriver]

Good thing I'm in Vancouver.
Sucks to be people staying up in the east coast.
Shouldn't West Jet plan this sale beforehand instead of just pull things up last minute?

[booboo]

Someone must have messed this one up...still coming soon?!?:confused:

[raccoon]

7:31 GMT,still nothing

[oskai]

its 3:37 PST (Vancouver time) and still "coming soon" :(

[asdfvcx]

The email from Westjet stated:
Now here’s a reason to stay up late – or get up early – the WestJet Midnight Markdown.

Between midnight and 6 a.m. (MT) on June 2, 3, 4 and 5, 2009, make sure to check westjet.com because select routes will be marked down to blowout prices. We’re talking under $100 one-way folks, for travel until June 30, 2009, so if you were thinking of travelling this month this is the deal for you!

Visit westjet.com (http://www.westjet.com/index_redirect.html?uripath=/guest/spare1.jsp?language=en) for more details.

Seeing as how they are an airline, I really hope they can tell time. They better know that midnight to 6am on June 2 was earlier today.

[redsunsdriver]

I'm not flying with WestJet again!!
...
but then I told myself not to fly Air Canada long time ago.
...
I guess i'm stuck.

[hagbard]

How do u keep an RFDer in suspense :lol: ?

[4flava]

It's coming soon guys.. COMING SOON! aren't we used to flight delays by now :D

[bryan35]

wpg to vegas would be nice!

[MoonDoggy]

they updated the website to say

"WestJet Midnight Markdown technically starts June 3 from 12:01 a.m. MT to 6 a.m. MT but think of it as starting late tonight (after midnight)."

[hrvatneah]

countdown is officially up on their site

[cho1104]

i believe they originally messed up the mid night of June 2 and June 3!

[zickvon]

Luckily, I didn't see this post yesterday, otherwise, I will be one of you waiting overnight and got pissed off this morning:cheesygri

[luc322]

Countdowd on the site

[gsrce]

The countdown clock tells me the sale has ended, lawls.

[taylyn]

LOL The sale that never was....

The site now says:

WestJet Midnight Markdown technically starts June 3 from 12:01 a.m. MT to 6 a.m. MT but think of it as starting late tonight (after midnight).

0:00:00
Sale ended


Boo to Westjet

[redsunsdriver]

LOL The sale that never was....

The site now says:

WestJet Midnight Markdown technically starts June 3 from 12:01 a.m. MT to 6 a.m. MT but think of it as starting late tonight (after midnight).

0:00:00
Sale ended


Boo to Westjet

So they're not a day late, they're 2 months late for this April Fools Joke.

[dealforme]

I think you all need to check your clocks again. As I'm posting this, it's only 11:18PM MST.

[kendrew]

Excellent. It says "Service Unavailable"

[Voyeur]

Excellent. It says "Service Unavailable"

I get "Invalid path /newStepTwo was requested" Not too impressive!

[kelevil]

has anyone been able to get through?

I'm getting the "Invalid path /newStepTwo was requested" as well

[kendrew]

For Today $59

Abbotsford <-> Edmonton
Calgary <-> Grand Prairie
Calgary <-> Vancouver
Calgary <-> Victoria
Calgary <-> Last Vegas
Clagary <-> San Francisco
Toronto -> Thunder Bay
Toronto -> Tampa
Vanouver -> Prince George
and more

Well the site is up now at least. Too bad, I'm looking for Toronto <-> Ottawa flights :)

[j1108]

I get "Invalid path /newStepTwo was requested" Not too impressive!

darn it same here!!

[M-e-X-x]

Departing City: Calgary
One way flights starting from:
Today
Grande Prairie

$59
Vancouver

$59
Victoria

$59
Las Vegas

$59
San Diego

$59

[rks]

freezing Cold!

Edmonton to Vancouver one way Sale Price $149!


It was $100 a few weeks ago for the same date!

[gulfan]

The deal page won't let you book. Just go back to the main page and book from there and it will work.

Deals aren't very good for me :(

[SUPERMAN-01]

darn it same here!!

t_t

[SUPERMAN-01]

for someone that works,

can you post

toronto >> vancouver BC?

[crazynewf]

Complete waste of time for me. Nothing for the east coast except a London-Halifax flight. No NFLD, PEI, NB or Quebec and out of Toronto you can only fly to Tampa or Thunder Bay.

Wasted 2 nights of my life on this.

Do you think they will offer different flights tomorrow night ?

[TheRequiem]

Count me as another "Invalid path /newStepTwo was requested"

[kelevil]

for someone that works,

can you post

toronto >> vancouver BC?

i was looking for the same thing

doesnt seem to have sale prices on this route

all flights at least $200 each way (w/o taxes, etc.)

[TimelessVictory]

Was working for a second then it stopped when I entered in the dates it messed up. Any deals for Ottawa to Vancouver? Thanks.

[tueurkate]

has anyone been able to get through?

I'm getting the "Invalid path /newStepTwo was requested" as well

The URL should be https://c3dsp.westjet.com/guest/newStepTwo.shtml but it's https://c3dsp.westjet.com/newStepTwo.shtml. Fail. I found a way to get it to follow through, but it gives the same crappy prices I get searching the usual way so maybe you don't have to use the "madness" link.

Edit:
Oh wait ... I see. The sales are the short list of destination cities when you click the departure cities.

[crazynewf]

for someone that works,

can you post

toronto >> vancouver BC?

Only flights offered out of Toronto are to Thunder Bay or Tampa. ( $59 each ) That is it !

[crazynewf]

Was working for a second then it stopped when I entered in the dates it messed up. Any deals for Ottawa to Vancouver? Thanks.

No Ottawa flights listed.

[Rx168]

it's not messed up, the sale is only for select locations...for $59..
If you choose a location that is not on sale for $59 you get the invalid page...

don't use their booking system just click your city under...
Choose from any of these great departure cities:

then click the city they have a $59 sale for....

it's not what i expected too...but oh well

[Birdman]

Stayed up to book Vancouver to Toronto and all I can get off the sale link is an "http 400 bad request" error.

The regular booking page shows all the same prices it was earlier. I guess it's time to see what Air Canada has to offer.

[MoMoney]

Air Canada looks like they are price matching the flights listed on Westjet.

Vancouver to Calgary is $59.

I would book with Westjet but their site just freezes when loading the fares.

[TimelessVictory]

No Ottawa flights listed.

Thanks for the response. Oh well, hopefully they have different sales tomorrow. Ottawa to Vancouver round trip for around $500 all in would be nice.

[CanuckFlyHigh]

Finally us west coasters get some deals!

[dingmah]

Air Canada looks like they are price matching the flights listed on Westjet.

Vancouver to Calgary is $59.

I would book with Westjet but their site just freezes when loading the fares.

Air Canada is price matching $59 YYC <-> YVR for travel on ALL DAYS!!!!

[Jayro]

Yeah i hope there are better dels tomorrow. These ones aren't really helping anyone.

[CanuckFlyHigh]

Yeah i hope there are better dels tomorrow. These ones aren't really helping anyone.

Actually, contrary to popular belief, Canada has other parts besides Toronto. For real. And these deals are helping everyone. Calgary to Vegas or San Diego for 59. Edmonton to LA for 59. You should get out a map, and look at the country of Canada. You may want to stay seated, as you will be for quite a shock once you see that Canada extends west of Toronto.

[Bimselsteiner]

Air Canada is price matching $59 YYC <-> YVR for travel on ALL DAYS!!!!

Yeah, Calgary to San Diego $59 on AC. I understand they even give a few Aeroplan points (25%?) on top of that?

[Jayro]

Just judging by the number of dissatisfied people checking out this link, i would say it's not helping out very many poeple....so not only toronto folk are dissappointed you Toronto Lover...

[hagbard]

Tried routes before the sale and now during the sale. Same prices, but on more flights. I'll pass.

[mudd_stuffin]

Actually, contrary to popular belief, Canada has other parts besides Toronto. For real. And these deals are helping everyone. Calgary to Vegas or San Diego for 59. Edmonton to LA for 59. You should get out a map, and look at the country of Canada. You may want to stay seated, as you will be for quite a shock once you see that Canada extends west of Toronto.

While what Jayro said is not true (i.e., that these deals were not helping anyone), there is no point trying personally attack another poster or anyone living out east.

Actually, what you said is not true (i.e., it benefits everyone) either when I think of it. First of all, this WS "sale" is for flights on Tues-Thurs only, so it would not necessarily benefit those who work on those days. Secondly, if I was to put on your hat, I could also easily say to you that "everyone" referred to in your post should include "everyone" living in all the cities WS flies to. Since that is not the case, either you should get a map so that you know Canada extends east of AB or you should find out where exactly WS flies to.

[bigEfromGP]

Actually, contrary to popular belief, Canada has other parts besides Toronto. For real. And these deals are helping everyone. Calgary to Vegas or San Diego for 59. Edmonton to LA for 59. You should get out a map, and look at the country of Canada. You may want to stay seated, as you will be for quite a shock once you see that Canada extends west of Toronto.

+1. These are good deals for a demographic that generally gets charged much more than what's fair simply because the airlines can (or at least could until very recently). Flights from Grande Prairie to Calgary were often +$500 (sometimes reaching $800) which is outrageous for a 45 minute flight that is fully for most trips. It is nice to see a few deals out west. I am sure that the cities will change tonight.

[leebee]

HOT GP to Calgary, and Air Canada matched it so you dont have to stay up late, in for 1.

[M-e-X-x]

bump her up

hoping for better tonight

[redsunsdriver]

still sucks

[M-e-X-x]

Departing City: Calgary
One way flights starting from:
Today
Comox

$79
Los Angeles

$79

Departing City: Toronto
One way flights starting from:
Today
Halifax

$79

Departing City: Vancouver
One way flights starting from:
Today
Edmonton

$79
Fort McMurray

$79

[gosamburu]

new fares are up now on westjet.

and for ottawa at least, the fare is already PMed on AC ?!? wow that's fast.

[asdfvcx]

Some half decent prices. Some of the highlights include:

Winnipeg -> Montreal or Ottawa
Montreal -> Fort Lauderdale
Calgary -> LA
Edmonton -> Las Vegas or Yellowknife

All for $79 before taxes and fees.

[Dots]

has any one able to load up with Westjet after you selected city, date and search?.....mine just keep on loading and loading.

[Bimselsteiner]

some fellow flyertalk member just found those night owl fares popping up on aircanada.com

Comox - Calgary $79
Edmonton-Comox $79
Edmonton - Vancouver $79
Edmonton - Yellowknife $79
Fort McMurray - Vancouver $79
Halifax - Toronto $79
Halifax - St. John's $79
Montreal - Winnipeg $79
Ottawa - Winnipeg $79

apparently only valid in June and only on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

[Evi7sh]

Airline tickets can be PM'd???

I had no clue.. so AirCanada, Cathay Pacific, WestJet etc?

[asdfvcx]

has any one able to load up with Westjet after you selected city, date and search?.....mine just keep on loading and loading.
Click on the "please switch to our single-day display" link on the page where everything is loading. Or check if Air Canada has the same price.

[Dots]

Click on the "please switch to our single-day display" link on the page where everything is loading. Or check if Air Canada has the same price.

THX!!!!....wow westjet has crappy server tech

[asdfvcx]

Airline tickets can be PM'd???

I had no clue.. so AirCanada, Cathay Pacific, WestJet etc?
Air Canada and Westjet usually automatically match each other sales prices. But if they don't, I don't believe you can price match.

[Cuttooth]

While what Jayro said is not true (i.e., that these deals were not helping anyone), there is no point trying personally attack another poster or anyone living out east.

Actually, what you said is not true (i.e., it benefits everyone) either when I think of it. First of all, this WS "sale" is for flights on Tues-Thurs only, so it would not necessarily benefit those who work on those days. Secondly, if I was to put on your hat, I could also easily say to you that "everyone" referred to in your post should include "everyone" living in all the cities WS flies to. Since that is not the case, either you should get a map so that you know Canada extends east of AB or you should find out where exactly WS flies to.

They say this sale is for Tues-Thurs only, but the Fri-Mon flights are only $10 more ($89 today) - so yeah even people who work during the week can take advantage of it.

[Bimselsteiner]

They say this sale is for Tues-Thurs only, but the Fri-Mon flights are only $10 more ($89 today) - so yeah even people who work during the week can take advantage of it.

yeah that's correct, I noticed on aircanada.com that they also offer the $79 fares on Tue/Wed/Thu but only charge $10 extra on the weekend days. Really not bad!

[asdfvcx]

For tonights sale, if anyone is interested, the prices are $39 one way before tax.

Some hightlights:

Toronto <-> Montreal, Ottawa, or Quebec
Calgary <-> Kamloops, Kelowna or Saskatoon
Edmonton <-> Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Kelowna, Saskatoon
Vancouver <-> Kelowna
Winnipeg <-> Thunder Bay

(Actually unless I missed some, I think this is all the flights. Both sides of the round trip are available. )

Nothing further east of Quebec. Air Canada seems to be price matching many of them, the same as last 2 nights.

[MeiserT]

How the heck are you guys able to get the cheaper prices?

The lowest I can find from GP to Calgary and back with this so called sale, for any day in June is $189/$209+fees each way. To Edmonton and back, $159/$169+fees.

Cheaper to drive 8 hours with stops, than it is to fly 64 minutes. :mad:

-------------

Nevermind. My departure point is SOL for any seat sales.

[97gst]

Click the link in post #1.

Pick a Tuesday/Wed/Thurs date.

I see GP->EDM for $49.

[MeiserT]

Click the link in post #1.

Pick a Tuesday/Wed/Thurs date.

I see GP->EDM for $49.

Had to retry a few times. Now I can see the $49 seats.
Weird.

[asdfvcx]

Just so people know, Westjet extended the time when you can purchase these fares.

You can now buy them until midnight (Mountain) tonight. That's 2am Eastern and 11pm Pacific. After that, there should be one more day of sales.


As well, Air Canada is matching the sale prices. You can find the thread on todays Air Canada sale here (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=746781).


And Air Canada is allowing you to fly other days than Tuesday-Thursday for an extra $10. Westjet seems to now have matched that.

[asdfvcx]

Westjet has their final night of midnight madness up. They're claiming the seats need to be booked by 6am Mountain (8am Eastern, 5am Pacific).

If the pattern holds, Air Canada should soon be matching these prices. I checked a few seconds ago and they weren't yet.


All flights are $99 one way before fees and taxes. Flights must be taken before June 30, and seats are only available Tuesday-Thursday. Air Canada has been offering them on other days for a bit more the last couple of nights.

Calgary <-> Fort McMurray, Halifax, Montréal, Yellowknife, Orlando
Edmonton <-> Halifax, Montréal, San Diego
Toronto <-> Kelowna, Fort Myers, Las Vegas
Winnipeg <-> Las Vegas


Some really good deals tonight.



Edit: Like the other nights, Westjet appears to be offering tickets on the many of the other days of the week (Fri-Mon) for an additional $10.

[mudd_stuffin]

They say this sale is for Tues-Thurs only, but the Fri-Mon flights are only $10 more ($89 today) - so yeah even people who work during the week can take advantage of it.

Wrong :rolleyes:

If you (and Bimselsteiner) followed the prices precisely this past week and noticed the time of my post, you (and Bimselsteiner) should have noticed that my post that you quoted was before the additional $10 weekend fares were offered (first by AC, then by WS). Technically speaking, the midnight madness sale was advertised as a Tues-Thurs day of week travel only - so the flights for $10 more were technically not part of the sale.

So at the time of my post you posted, I was correct. Even if one can consider the Friday-Monday fares a "sale", what you said is incorrect with respect to fares made available by WS on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.

[asdfvcx]

Still no signs of Air Canada matching the sale prices. Either they're slower than normal is loading up the new prices, or they decided to take a pass on matching tonight.

[hordosr]

stoon to edmonton is $39...125 return taxes in on tues/thurs trip...decent

[mudd_stuffin]

Still no signs of Air Canada matching the sale prices. Either they're slower than normal is loading up the new prices, or they decided to take a pass on matching tonight.

Yeah, that is too bad... YYZ-YLW would have been a nice fare!

[ShylocK]

All flights are $99 one way before fees and taxes. Flights must be taken before June 30, and seats are only available Tuesday-Thursday. Air Canada has been offering them on other days for a bit more the last couple of nights.

Calgary <-> Fort McMurray, Halifax, Montréal, Yellowknife, Orlando
Edmonton <-> Halifax, Montréal, San Diego
Toronto <-> Kelowna, Fort Myers, Las Vegas
Winnipeg <-> Las Vegas


Some really good deals tonight.



Edit: Like the other nights, Westjet appears to be offering tickets on the many of the other days of the week (Fri-Mon) for an additional $10.

thanks op, booked yyz to las for 99 both ways leaving june 24, come back 30th

[asdfvcx]

I just noticed that even though the sale is officially over, Westjet still is offering some of the sale prices from last night. It's only scattered over a couple days, but you might be able to find something.

As well, it appears Air Canada is now doing a bit of price matching as well, with the same prices on some days on some of the same routes.


Westjet has their final night of midnight madness up. They're claiming the seats need to be booked by 6am Mountain (8am Eastern, 5am Pacific).

If the pattern holds, Air Canada should soon be matching these prices. I checked a few seconds ago and they weren't yet.


All flights are $99 one way before fees and taxes. Flights must be taken before June 30, and seats are only available Tuesday-Thursday. Air Canada has been offering them on other days for a bit more the last couple of nights.

Calgary <-> Fort McMurray, Halifax, Montréal, Yellowknife, Orlando
Edmonton <-> Halifax, Montréal, San Diego
Toronto <-> Kelowna, Fort Myers, Las Vegas
Winnipeg <-> Las Vegas


Some really good deals tonight.



Edit: Like the other nights, Westjet appears to be offering tickets on the many of the other days of the week (Fri-Mon) for an additional $10.

[angel_wing0]

just checked, some flight are still on sale, but no sale for yyz to yvr. yvr to yyz have a few ones thou.