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[Enigma]

I'm heading home to Vancouver in early May on the return portion of my current ticket. I'm renewing my contract so I'm coming back and need to get a one-year round-trip ticket from Vancouver to Seoul for mid-May.

I would prefer a direct ticket and I know Korean Airlines and Air Canada are the only ones who fly direct, but I just checked Kayak, Vayama and Expedia and the cheapest I'm seeing is around $1,500 which seems ridiculous. So I would consider a one-stop ticket if it will bring the price down a fair amount (and would also consider flying into Busan as it's not much further for me), but only via Japan - I'm not interested in stopping in the States or China. I know you can sometimes get cheaper tickets via Narita in Tokyo.

So I'm wondering if any of you who are more familiar with seat sales and such could tell me if it's realistic to hope to get any kind of seat sale with Korean or Air Canada within the next month or two.

Any advice?

Thanks

[BoholDiver]

Try China Southern. It stops in Shanghai but seems to have the lowest price. If you layover inside Shanghai Pudong Airport for less than a day, you don't need a visa.