Does anyone know how Westjet offers seat sales? Yesterday the tickets I want were $77. today they are $94 and $162.

I'd like to watch and catch a sale just starting does anyone know who they post them?

You can register with Westjet's "JetMail Info" service, which sends you e-mails about seat sales.

http://c3dsp.westjet.com/guest/jetMailInfo.jsp

Thank you Judy! I'll register immediately!

You can register for seat sales but quite often if you just keep checking the website you will find bargains. They aren't always in the email. I use Westjet a lot and have found cheap fares that haven't been in an email. If you are planning on flying check everyday. I think they lower the fare on flights that aren't fully booked. I recently got a flight from Victoria to Calgary for $58 one way. The return was more but the total savings were excellent.

Yesterday - two tickets Edmonton to Maui were $2,400.00 and today $1,200.00 - I bought!

But the problem is how do you know when they hit the bottom?

When a sale is posted, check the price of flights leaving in about 4 to 6 weeks and that should give you a good idea of how low the cost may go. However, you are also taking your chances on waiting for a better price. Westjet tends to only post seat sales for flights within the next 2 months or so. Watch for their Blue Tag specials on Thursday evenings and for sales on the weekends. If you can fly on a low demand day like Tuesday or Wednesday, you can also get a much cheaper price usually. The most important thing is to just keep checking often. Prices often change even in the same day.

I just checked Westjet for the same flights I bought yesterday for $1,200.00. Today they are over $2,600.00 for the same two tickets. It seems they must have had an unadvertised one day sale.

I have been looking at prices from Edmonton to Maui, certain dates in March, for about a month now.

It started when I found tickets on Air Canada for about $1,050 for two people through LAX. The next day I thought I would buy them - They were well over $2,000.00 for the same tickets.

Now ... two days ago tickets with Westjet were over $2,500 - yesterday I bought for $1,200 - and today they show back to $2,600 plus.

Go figure!