Or do you think it will get better?

I have found a United Flight (for which I have a $75 off coupon) RT from BWI to Calgary 6/19 with return 6/28...the precise dates and times I need for $509 plus change. Since I haven't priced USA to Canada trips before anticipating this one, I dont know if it will get any better. Opinions, please.

Hard to say if it will get better, but it really won't get worse. $500 for basically a domestic roundtrip is super expensive.

BTW, it's about $25 cheaper if you go Tue-Thurs.

Yeah...but the additional nights lodging sorta eats up that differential...LOL!

If you have lots of time and don't mind driving, you may want to consider flying to Great Falls, Montana. $348 on United, or other airlines. It's 320 easy miles to Calgary - if you're up for a roadtrip.

That's a very good idea since there are 4 adults...will think about that one. But...thinking that rental car for the duration will prob eat up that savings too...hmmm...rent one day with drop off in Calgary same dat...rent another day to get back to Montano...hmmm...thinking. Is that the closest US destination to Calgary? I am flabbergasted that it costs so much to fly to Canada when you can flow most routes cross-country in the $200 plus range!

I know! It's like $400+ to most locations in Canada these days.

Great Falls (GTF) should be the closest airport with schedule service to Calgary in the US. At least timewise. But if you don't plan to get a car in Calgary to start with, then renting one in GTF for 8-9 days may not make sense. One-way drop off fees may also be high. There may be coach service, but probably infrequent.

Another alternative is Westjet from LaGuardia. But you'll need to get up to NYC from BWI, and that's not cheap either...

We used to buy tickets to Canada. Now, flying to Canada becomes one of the better ways to spend FF miles. Still only 25K miles.

rkkwan...email me at [email protected]. I'd like to talk to you about this and dont want to bore the rest of the fodor's community with my chat.

500 sounds too high for that flight. you should shop around.