1 month Canadian UNLIMITED train pass for youth, only $150!

There is an incredible sale on right now for an unlimited rail pass for only $150,
good for travel all over Canada in the month of July, as many rides as you want. You could travel all the way across the country, stopping off anywhere you want. Goodness gracious! You have to be ages 12-25. The website says you can't buy one right now due to technical difficulties--probably a huge number of people flooding the site--but hopefully they'll be up and running soon. Check it out! A two-month youth summer pass costs $699, so this is like, a mega good deal. Also, I would assume these prices are in Canadian dollars, so $150 CAD is actually $112 USD. AMAZING! I couldn't find anything about whether it's only for Canadian citizens, so I'm going to assume it's not.


I will be working for the entire month of July, so I will just cry into my wads of cash while all you exciting youths enjoy your Canadventure.

WowAir now flies Chicago to Europe for $99-149

WowAir, the ultra-low-cost Icelandic airline, has just announced flights from Chicago to Europe, with promotional fares starting at $99
to Iceland and $149 to many destinations in Europe (including London and Paris), one-way. Snatch this up! Always check WowAir's baggage policy, as it changes somewhat frequently. Currently, you can only bring a lightweight personal item without paying extra, so either pack super, suuuuper light, or give in and check a bag.

US bans large electronics from carry-on luggage from major Arab airports

Update: The UK has followed with a similar ban, and has warned that other EU countries may follow suit. This seems to indicate that there is some kind of real security concern.

The US government has once again wowed the world by initiating a ban on large electronics, including laptops and anything else bigger than a phone, on all flights that go directly to the US from the following airports:

1. Mohammed V International, Casablanca, Morocco
2. Ataturk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey
3. Cairo International Airport, Egypt
4. Queen Alia International, Amman, Jordan
5. King Abdulaziz International, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
6. King Khalid International, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
7. Kuwait International Airport
8. Hamad International, Doha, Qatar
9. Abu Dhabi International, United Arab Emirates
10. Dubai International, United Arab Emirates

Note that this list includes some of the major transit airports, and if you're flying in from Asia or Africa, you're pretty likely to stop over at Istanbul, Doha, Abu Dhabi, or Dubai. You're still technically allowed to pack them in your checked baggage, but you're not allowed to check a lot of things that have big batteries, (I've been told to remove my computer in the past), so I'm not sure how well this would play out. Is security really going to make the ultra-rich, ultra-important businessmen from the gulf states throw away their laptops because they can't be checked or carried on? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, you can try to schedule a stopover somewhere else, as this ban is only on flights directly from those airports to the US. Consider a day in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, literally anywhere else.

Norwegian Air Saint Patrick's Day sale

Norwegian Air is having a sale on most flights in honor of Saint Patrick's Day, with up to 20% off many fares,
including both the super-cheap fares and the swankier Premium fares. At this point, Norwegian has a huge number of destinations both in the US and in Europe, including but not limited to California, Florida, East Coast, UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Scandinavia, and more. Buy by the end of March 19. Example one-way prices: New York to Stockholm in May for $149; New York to Stockholm in October for $117; Boston to Copenhagen in April for $117; Providence to Bergen (Norway) in September for $84 (yes, $84!); etc. Go do the thing! If you're in the US, check out sale prices at a glance here. If you're in the UK, check it out here. I believe it's cheaper overall to book on the US site, but don't quote me.

NEW low-cost transatlantic airline: Level. Sort of.

British Airways has just announced a new low-cost sister airline called Level that will start off with direct flights between the Americas and Barcelona from $149/99 euros
(which is, in fact, only $106, so book in euros) one-way! This is very exciting. As of now, you can book flights to Barcelona from Los Angeles, San Francisco/Oakland, Punta Cana, and Buenos Aires, but you can't fly between those destinations in the Americas, only to Barcelona. When you book a flight, it redirects you to Iberia Airlines's website, with "Level" being the lowest fare option, so it seems like this may not be a new airline, but rather a new fare level, hence the name "level," I suppose. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Flights are scheduled to start in June 2017. Check out the website here!

Megabus $1 tickets for travel 'til May 22 on sale NOW!

Just this minute, Megabus released a new batch of tickets. Book US-based Megabuses up until May 22, and snatch up those $1 tickets! You can't do a search by price, but since the tickets were just released, you should be able to search for any given date and find $1 tickets. Go do that!

Error pricing: Fancy 4* hotel in New York for $44 in March

The excellent SecretFlying.com has brought to my attention this pretty exciting hotel misprice: $44/night to stay at the Roxy Hotel Tribeca on select dates in March. Book ASAP before the hotel notices their mistake, and they may well give you the room for the low price. As with all error fares and misprices, there is a possibility that they will cancel the booking and refund your money. So basically, as long as you don't have your heart set on it, you can't lose! Check it out here.