travelgourmet

<I>Yes; for my dates $549 per person to be specific</I>

Except it doesn't save $549 per person. It saves less than $200 per person. You keep ignoring the cost to get to Vancouver.

DonTopaz

travelgourmet bloviates all of the following:

<b>No, you can't save money on normal itineraries due to fx fluctuations.

I stand by my statement.


It </b>[Traveling through Vancouver to take advantage of foreign exchange]<b> saves less than $200 per person. </b>

So, travelgourmet, which "statement" of yours do you stand behind -- that you can't save money using FX fluctuations, or that you can save $200 using FX fluctuations???

travelgourmet

You aren't saving money because of fx fluctuations. You are saving money by buying a different product.

Gardyloo

My $549 savings included a $333 round trip from Denver to Vancouver. It did not, however, assume the Icelandic fare from Denver, rather it assumed an American/United trip. $688 + $333 = $1021 vs. $1570, a difference of $549. Using the Icelandic $1259 fare from DEN, the net savings per person are only $238. For a budget-conscious traveler a 19% savings might make a difference, e.g. a couple of extra nights in a decent hotel.

BTW, substituting Toronto for Vancouver, including DEN-YYZ flights, results in a total cost of $975, a $284 difference.

Christina

Exchange rates don't have anything to do with it. 100 cents isn't any different from $1, for example. It's simple math equivalencies. Buying something in a different currency that is denominated differently doesn't make it cheaper due to the exchange rate.

tg is right, if the price is different, it's because it's a different product for a different market, nothing to do with the exchange rate. and tg never said buyhing something in a different place gave you a savings due to the exchange rate. He said if you did that due to thinking you'd get a deal to the exchange rate (motive, which is wrong) ... not that you would get a savings due to the exchange rate.

getting more of something in a completely different currency doesn't mean you are ahead, you just have more of that currency. US$1 is worth over 4 zloty. So just exchanging that amount doesn't mean now you are richer because you have four of something.