All the buzz that’s been generated by the introduction of Price Drop Protection on flights has us thinking about how great it would be if other things in life were covered by Price Drop Protection.

I recently came across the receipt for my first digital camera, which cost an astounding $900 and only had 2 megapixels. Ouch! Nowadays a camera with those features goes for less than $50.  Man, if only I  could receive the difference like I would if it had been the price of my airline ticket that had dropped.

Gasoline is another product whose price often has consumers wringing their hands. The price goes up, then it goes down, then it creeps up again. Invariably the price drops the day after you just filled up. How cool would it be if Price Drop Protection applied to gas? Our lives would be much simpler. Guess what? Today it does!

You heard me. Today is the day to fill up in Toronto, unless you like paying full price.

We’re offering a whopping 50 cents/litre off the price of  gas heading into the long weekend. It’s happening right now at 933 Warden Ave. (at Eglinton E.) Here’s the skinny on this money-saving Flight Network promotion.  There are also fun giveaways happening on-site.  Get there before the gas runs out!

Flight Network performs a random act of Price Drop Protection with cheap gas in Toronto

Since we’re so excited about Price Drop Protection, we’re having an awesome contest on Facebook to celebrate the launch of this amazing new feature.

The best part is that you can use your travel know-how to give yourself a leg up in the competition. Here’s how the Price Drop Protection $1,000 Giveaway works:

Each day we will display four flights on our Facebook page and you get to choose which one you think had the biggest drop in price. Everyone who enters will be put into our draw, but those who select the correct answer will receive bonus entries in the Grand Prize draw. To help you out, we’ll tweet a hint in the morning.

You can enter once each day, so it’s important to enter every day to maximize your chances of winning a prize.

Speaking of prizes, we’ll be giving away lots of free travel in the form of FlightNetwork.com credits that you can spend on travel anywhere you want to go. We’re giving out Daily Prizes in the amount that the featured fare dropped. The Grand Prize is $1,000 in free travel!

The contest starts July 13th and runs until July 26th when we will draw the winner of the coveted Grand Prize. So warm up your travel brainpower or your guessing prowess and get ready to enter the Price Drop Protection $1,000 Giveaway!

After over a year of in-depth research, we are happy to announce a groundbreaking new program that offers customers the opportunity to take the worry out of booking flights. We’re calling it Price Drop Protection and we think you are going to love it!

Why?

Canadians worry that their flights will be cheaper after they book

We polled 793 ordinary Canadians and found that one of their biggest worries when booking flights is that their price may drop after they book. In fact, we found that the overwhelming majority of Canadians go as far as to check whether the price of their flight had dropped after having purchased tickets:

Guess what? those worries are for good reason.

Flights drop in price very frequently

We also conducted research into airline price fluctuations by studying over 520,000 flights over the past year. What we found should frighten your wallet.

It is so tempting to try to time when to buy flights and, many will tell you, it is usually an exercise in futility. It’s especially tempting to wait until a better price comes along, but by doing so you also risk the price going up or the flight selling out.

With our Price Drop Protection program, we’re introducing the concept of Fluctuation-Free Airfares. If the price of your flight drops after you buy, we’ll credit you the difference that you can apply to your next booking with us. Not only can you  avoid worrying about the price dropping after you buy, but you can also avoid the risk of waiting and the price going up.