Thursday, January 3, 2013

Golf in Arizona?

If you live in the 204, your main airport is Winnipeg. (James Richardson International) It's airport code is YWG. However, it's not that convenient if you live in Brandon or Boissevain, Melita, or Morden. My way of thinking is that if it takes you 2 hours to the nearest airport, you might want to consider other options.

As I see it, those other options are just across the USA border, in Grand Forks, Devils Lake or Minot North Dakota. Each is within an hour or so of the border.

Allegiant Airlines has made a business out of flying from smaller airports and often border towns. Allegiant is represented in both Grand Forks (GFK) and Minot (MOT). They do not fly out of Devils Lake.

That's why I keep my eye on a few different airports.

If you'd like to hit the links in Arizona this February, you can fly Allegiant on February 24th into the Mesa AZ airport. It's a direct flight. Return flights, taxes in are $268 per person. To add four nights hotel at the Arizona Golf and Country Club makes it $515 per person.

If you'd rather stay at the Westgate area, which has both the home of the NHL Coyotes & NFL Cardinals on site it's $610 per person. However.... I think if that's your preference you'd find a better price calling the hotel directly and bargaining with them. I say this as the Cardinals missed the playoffs and the Coyotes are on strike... therefore no games.  I use this as an example because Westjetvacations.com offers the same hotel.

Same dates, same hotel with Westjet is $850 per person, all in. Note that Westjet flies out of YWG only, not GFK.

**Prices are subject to change. Various dates net various prices. Examples are current to publishing date.

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