Westjet are having super sale deals on fares Deadmonton to Vancouver!1 Now it is getting really worthwhile to go to the USA for shopping, with cheap airfares, then deals on car rentals as well. Following is a reply from a US airline willing to have charter flights from edmonton to Seattle, for the benefit of Canadian shoppers: Following is an interesting reply from the USA, on the subject, so if you are interested, why not contact the people below directl : Thank you for contacting us with your interest in travel to Seattle and Las Vegas on Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. I spoke with our charter sales department and they said it would be possible to arrange a charter from Edmonton to Seattle, however it may not be cost effective since we would have to ferry an empty plane to Edmonton, and fly it back empty on the return from Edmonton. Essentially, you would be paying for two round-trips. If this is still something you would like to look into further, please let me know and I'd be happy to put you in touch with our charter department. Alaska Airlines Vacations has a great deal for those who want to shop in Seattle. For all bookings made through Alaska Airlines Vacations to Seattle by October 31st, each booking will receive a $100 shopping gift card valid at Pacific Place shopping center in downtown Seattle. Packages must be booked by October 31st 2007 and travel must be completed by December 15th 2007. for more information you can visit: http://www.alaskaair.com/as/vacations/washington/specials/shop-seattle.asp?airport=SEA&ret=Seattle or visit vacations.alaskaair.com. If you would like to check out the deals for travel to Las Vegas, you can view them at: http://www.alaskaair.com/vacations/specials.aspx?group=Nevada&city=Las%20Vegas&airport=LAS or visit vacations.alaskaair.com I hope we can help you find the right travel deals to meet your needs. If I can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Patrick Baker Product Manager Alaska Airlines Vacations On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:04:53 GMT, JudgeLynch <NedKelly@usenetexchange.com> wrote: >Perhaps some kind shoppers from BC would let the rest of us know about >bargains in Washington state. >Let us know what you bought - price, and very importantly, where you got the >deals. >Also, what about duties if any, and PST/GST on returning to Canada? >It sounds like it will be very profitable for those of us not at the border >communities, to actually get to Vancouver, and then cross to USA and spend >money where the prices are so much lower!! >On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:18:40 GMT, "Clay Northwood" <Northwood@Northwood.com> >wrote: >>With the C$ at par or better re the US$ tens of thousands of Canadian >>shoppers mainly on weekends >>are flocking to the U.S. to stock up on goods that are much cheaper in the >>U.S. than in Canada. In a Global TV >>newscast they were shown crossing the border from B.C.. Manitoba, Quebec, >>New Brunswick and other provinces. >>Just about everything is cheaper in the U.S. New automobiles are from $5000 >>to $50,000 cheaper depending on the model, >>whether they are made in N.A. or imported. >>So why this big price discrepancy between American and >>Canadian goods? It has to be mainly taxes, but there >>are other factors. The U.S. is predominantly non-union whereas >>in Canada producers of goods and services are hobbled by >>unions and consumers pay through the nose. Yet in spite of its unions, >>Canada's salaries and wages are still lower than those of the U.S. >>So go figure. Another big factor is economic productivity >>which is about 20% higher in the U.S. than in Canada. >>And it is not that Americans work harder and longer. >>They don't. Not according to a recent study I read. >>Canadians should really be pissed off with their governments >>at every level. And Canada's inferioirity in health-care, >>phamaceuticals, housing and gasoline prices cannot be ascribed >>to the policies of any one political party. Al the parties are socialist. >>The Red Tories are really not essentially different from the NDP or >>Liberals. >>In the forthcoming U.S. federal elections Democrats like >>Clinton and Barack Obama are threatening to make the U.S. more like >>socialist Canada. To our American friends be warned, if you >>vote the Democrats into power, you will be sorry. >>Just today the economic illiterate Hillary Clinton, in throwing >>a bone to American unions and other protectionist leftists and autarchists >>threatened that she would "alter" NAFTA. We all know what that means. >>BTW under Bush's supply-side economics the U.S. stock markets just today >>made another historic high.