Toronto (YYZ) to New York City (JFK) >> $148 (all taxes and fees included)

[Aleem]

I just booked a great New Years Eve getaway deal through www.cheapoair.com (a US based website)

Here are the details:

Depart - December 26, 2008 from YYZ (Toronto Pearson), departs at 4:35 pm
Return - January 2, 2009 from JFK (New York City), returns at 10:05 am

$148.26 USD per person including all taxes and service charges, and includes a $10 savings per person. This price also includes flight insurance/cancellation costs, which I elected to purchase since I booked in advance and my plans my change.

This is via LAN Airways on a Boeing 767 aircraft. You are allowed to check in two pieces of luggage at no cost. LAN is part of the 'One World' global alliance of air carriers.

This price beats Air Canada, Porter, WestJet -- even beats flying Jet Blue or Southwest from Buffalo.

[Emancipated]

Air Canada or AA... or... Air mother Russia where you fly the planes?

[Billa-786]

I just typed in 15 OCT dept , 3 Nov return and it gave US $132 return taxes included. So i guess it works for other dates too.

Here's the link to the airline's offers from YYZ:

http://plane.lan.com/promociones/dat...ork-en-us.html

[nguyentri]

Wow those are amazing prices. Beats AC hands down.

[mcclutz]

$553 for 4 people. There's a link you can click to save an additional $10 per person.

[Talamasca]

Holy crap these are awesome prices. I went to NYC for the first time this past May and loved it. I'm tempted to go again during the Christmas-New Year's period with these fares.

[fruchick]

Holy smokes, thanks OP!

Does anyone know what LAN's change policy is? Doesn't say anything on the site re: fees, from what I can see, and I'd like to snap these up even though my travel dates are up in the air.

[fruchick]

Never mind, found the answer!

* On or before flight departure day change is permitted with US$ 50 penalty.

* Refunds: Tickets are only refundable within the first 24 hrs. of purchase/After 24 hrs non-refundable.

[Kfox]

Who is LAN and will they still be in business next week? memories of Zoom dance in my head

[GSC]

Who is LAN and will they still be in business next week? memories of Zoom dance in my head

LAN refers as LAN airline.
It is a solid airline.

[Kfox]

ok I bite, according to wik:
LAN Airlines S.A. NYSE: LFL is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. It is the principal Chilean airline and one of the largest in South America, with flights to Latin America, United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Europe.

[fruchick]

Who is LAN and will they still be in business next week? memories of Zoom dance in my head

Even if LAN wasn't reputable, what's the worst that could happen to you if they go out of business while you're down there? If you're just flying to NYC, you get the Greyhound back, and make a phone call to Visa. Done and done.

The only people who got incredibly screwed over by Zoom were the ones who got stranded halfway around the world and had to buy last-minute tickets home.

Shrug.

[convoluted]

PR promo due to this?

On July 5, 2008, LAN Airlines flight 533 was involved in a near miss incident at New York's JFK airport. The aircraft, bound for Santiago, Chile, was nearly struck after take off by Cayman Airways flight 792. The Cayman aircraft, arriving at JFK from the Cayman Islands, performed a go-around after a missed landing on a perpendicular runway. Both aircraft performed steep axial tilts to avoid one another, under the control tower's direction. The FAA's statement on this incident is currently unclear, with some reports denying the incident ever happened.

[Kfox]

Even if LAN wasn't reputable, what's the worst that could happen to you if they go out of business while you're down there? If you're just flying to NYC, you get the Greyhound back, and make a phone call to Visa. Done and done.

The only people who got incredibly screwed over by Zoom were the ones who got stranded halfway around the world and had to buy last-minute tickets home.

Shrug.

I wouldnt take the Greyhound to Whitby, never mind home from NY.
having said that they do look solid

[ClubberLang]

This price is amazing