Talk about a really creative way to sell airline tickets for a good cause…
Air Transat, a Canadian airline based out of Montreal is offering tickets to Europe (from Canada) starting at some very attractive prices through an auction on Twitter.
The best part of this deal is that all proceeds raised are being donated to a good cause- the SOS Children’s Villages.
On April 23 “flights to Europe will be auctioned off at exceptional prices” according to Air Transat. All participants will need to tweet their bids to try to get in on one of these deals.
A list of flights being offered along with their starting price is listed on the deal’s page. However, there is a quiz currently going on which can lower the starting price to as little as $1.
I’d love to participate and would consider flying to Canada if I won one of these deals however this offer is only open to Canadian residents 18 years of age and older.
FYI- I came across this offer from a tweet by @airfarewatchdog
Flights will be departing from:
- Montreal, (YUL)
- Toronto, (YYZ)
- Calgary, (YYC)
- Vancouver, (YVR)
- Quebec, (YQB)
- St-John’s, (YYT)
- Halifax, (YHZ)
Here are a few of the current offers:
Two tickets from Quebec to Paris starting at $519
Two tickets for St John’s to London starting at $813
Four tickets from Toronto to Rome starting at $1864
Don’t forget- the starting bids will be lowered as people take the quizzes.
Some Rules:
- You must follow @AIRTRANSAT on Twitter to participate
- You can win multiple auctions
- Travel dates are for summer and fall 2015 and can not be changed
- You can personalize your experience by adding options for an additional fee
- Lower the price of the auction until the day of by taking the quizzes
- Each auction will last for thirty minutes
So what do you think? Is this one of the more creative ways to offer an airfare sale? I think it’s a pretty interesting idea!
Follow all of the tweets about the auction on Twitter by using #TRANSATAUCTION
Find out more on the Air Transat auction pageĀ here.
