The Thrifty Traveler Podcast · Thursday, October 22, 2026
Kyle and Gunnar explain that starting award travel or cash bookings from Canadian airports like Toronto or Montreal often yields significantly more availability and lower prices compared to U.S. departures.
“The reason for this is there is, always significantly more availability on foreign airlines departing Canada than the U.S. And even some really cheap cash rates, like some really cheap business class cash rates, too.”
“We've seen cash rates like flying TAP Air Portugal to Lisbon, Porto and the Azores for $1,536 US round trip. That's an unbelievable deal.”