Cheapest airplane ticket possible?

[Borfa]

I live in Canada (Montreal) and I just got accepted for a 1year student exchange with Waseda University in Tokyo at their "Intensive Japanese Learning Program". Sadly I wasnt eligible for a scholarship because I wasnt part of a Bachelor program at the time of my demand, which is a prerequisite. Even though, I'll still be leaving this coming september 11 until late august 2008. Since Ill be covering all of my expenses (with most of my savings :p) I'm trying to find the cheapest option available for plane tickets. So if anyone knows a good place either in Montreal or on the web please let me know
:relief:

[nice gaijin]

Flights are expensive; there's no way getting around that, unless if you can ship yourself bulk rate.

[Borfa]

Even if its only a few hundred dollars less. I mean only fools (or rich) buy their plane tickets without looking around :p
Like 3years ago I went to japan for about 3 weeks and was able to get ticket for under 1000$CAN where most places were selling them for 1500~2000$CAN. Tommorow morning I'll go look at some agency and Ill post the lowest I found here.

Only one thing though, since Ill be leaving for almost a year, websites like expedia or AirCanada are telling me tickets are going to cost around 4500$, I hope this is wrong because well.. that kinda hurt. Whats the best option for students leaving for long period of time, air ticket-wise. Also Ill be flying on a september 11, Im not sure if tickets could be cheaper because alot of people do not fly on that date since the incident

[nice gaijin]

I like HIS or STA travel, but compared to a couple years ago, the price of a flight is pretty ridiculous these days.

[Arch]

It also depends when you go. October - February will be cheaper while March - September will be more expensive.

I found Air France to be the cheapest, however I do not know if that is even possible in Canada.

[gaijingig]

I got a Fare of 1080.00 from NY to Narita.. Everything is expensive airline fares are crazy... I went to france for 500.00 3 years ago....... I know things have changed , but that is just a refrence.

[maushan3]

Even if its only a few hundred dollars less. I mean only fools (or rich) buy their plane tickets without looking around :p

This is why many rich people are rich: because they are careful about money. They are like that because they get the best deals;

Oh, on the other hand, I would shop around, look at Orbits, Expedia, or Priceline, where you bid a price for your ticket and then the airlines contact you whether or not they accept your price offer. Or... you could always fly from Toronto, it might be a lot cheaper, or better yet, from Vancouver or San Francisco, you could save hundreds if you think about many possible options.

Mauricio

[Flashjeff]

Plane fare to Japan tends to fluctuate, no doubt due to the exchange rate. Case in point, when I flew to Japan in 2003, I searched the Internet for the best (read: cheapest) fare I could find by airline. On American Airlines' website, one day the price of a round trip to Jaapan from my hometown of Philadelphia was $1,350.00, the very next day, it was $850.00. But that was four years, heaven only knows what the cost is today. I can only suggest that you monitor sites like Expedia or Orbitz on a daily basis and see what prices are like. Good luck!

:-)

[basuotoko]

IACE is a good one. I find that they usually have the best prices from the US.