Flight from Toronto or Buffalo - why such big price difference?

Hi Alan

"Alan D." wrote in message
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Hello everyone;
I was wondering if perhaps someone could explain to me the folowing:

Yesterday I was checking ticket prices (on Expedia and Travelocity) for
flights from Toronto to Cairo for the next year (in the spring time). The
cheapest ticket ticket I found was around 2,800 CDN I believe. Then, I
checked the same date and approximately same flight time from
Buffalo-Niagara Airport to Cairo. The price was in the neighbourhood of
1,300 CDN !!! I need to emphesize here that Buffalo is around 1.5 hrs
drive
from Toronto. Where is this price difference coming from??? Does checking
the prices on the websites as above give me some reasonable numbers, i.e.
what I may be expecting in 6 months time, or are they totally inaccurate?
If
this is the case, i.e. the prices' ratio will be approximately the same
when
I check it again in the spring time, then going from Buffalo would be more
than logical choice. Could someone please explain to me why this is so?
Thank you in advance for any responses.

Best regards,

Alan D.

Probably the ratio will remain the same. I checked into a
Vancouver/Tampa/Vancouver return for January, $1600C, the same dates out of
Seatle $387C. I think to save $1200, I will drive/train to Seattle.

PMM