The 7 best Going alternatives in Canada (2026)
Going, formerly called Scott’s Cheap Flights, is a paid email service that sends you flight deals. The best alternative depends on what you actually want: another deal-email service, a free tool to search yourself, or a service that plans the whole trip around the flight instead of stopping at the ticket.
The comparison table
Same rows on every page, so you can compare across our comparisons. Competitor facts are from each company's own site; the date under each cell is when we checked it.
| Going | Dollar Flight Club | Jack's Flight Club | EhBudgetTravels | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price (CAD) | Free tier (Limited) or US$49/yr ≈ CA$70 or US$199/yr ≈ CA$283checked 2026-10-06 | US$69/yr ≈ CA$98 or US$99/yr ≈ CA$141checked 2026-10-06 | Free tier (Standby) or CA$60/yr or CA$249/yrchecked 2026-10-06 | CA$5/mo or CA$39/yr |
| What you get | Going is a flight-deal alert membership: it finds airfare deals departing from members' chosen airports and sends an alert when it finds a deal that meets its standards; members book the flight themselves, typically directly with the airline.checked 2026-10-06 | Dollar Flight Club is a membership service that monitors your chosen home airports and sends email and SMS alerts for heavily discounted flights (advertised up to 90% off) to your selected dream destinations and surprise locations.checked 2026-10-06 | Jack's Flight Club is a membership flight-deal alert service: its human 'Navigators' find and curate discounted flights (including error fares) and send members hand-picked deals by email and mobile app.checked 2026-10-06 | Finished 5-10 day trip plans: flights, real hotel options, a day-by-day itinerary and an itemized per-person budget. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Premium or Elitechecked 2026-10-06 | $1 trial of Premium or Premium+ (CTA 'Try Premium for $1'; signup links reference a 14-day trial); a trial can be cancelled and downgraded to Free at any time.checked 2026-10-06 | Not stated on their site | 30 days free, card required |
| Hotels | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Yes |
| Itinerary | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Not stated on their site | Yes |
| Human review | yeschecked 2026-10-06 | Not stated on their site | yeschecked 2026-10-06 | Yes |
| Mobile app | yeschecked 2026-10-06 | Not stated on their site | yeschecked 2026-10-06 | No |
| Canadian airports | nochecked 2026-10-06 | Not stated on their site | yeschecked 2026-10-06 | Yes, 15 Canadian origin airports |
US dollar prices converted at 1.4226 USD/CAD, Bank of Canada rate from 2026-10-06. Original prices are shown alongside. Our own prices are in CAD as charged.
The 7 best alternatives, ranked
1. EhBudgetTravels: if you want the whole trip planned, not just the flight
(Disclosure: this is our product.)
The catch: we don't send fare alerts and there's no mobile app. We publish finished trips, not route watchers. If you want to track one specific route yourself, a free tool does that better than we do.
Here is what we actually sell, stated plainly: we take a cheap flight from a Canadian airport and publish the finished 5-10 day trip around it. Real hotel options with nightly prices, a day-by-day plan, and an itemized per-person budget for food and local transit. A person checks every package before it goes up. What we do not do: fare alerts and a mobile app. If you want to watch one specific route, use a free tool for that half.
2. Dollar Flight Club: if you want email and SMS deal alerts
Offers a free-forever Basic plan that already includes 1-3 flight deals per week from one departure airport, alongside two paid tiers.
The catch: SMS alerts, premium/business-class deals and partner perks are limited to the $99/year Premium+ tier; international flights and mistake fares require at least the paid $69/year Premium tier (Basic is domestic-only).
3. Jack's Flight Club: if you want deals hand-picked by human Navigators
The site claims strong savings for members: on average 40-90% off roundtrip flights, with deals curated and checked by humans rather than pure algorithms.
The catch: The free Standby tier is limited to 1 curated flight per week, economy-only, one region, with no mobile app; app alerts and advanced filtering require a paid Takeoff or First Class membership.
4. Next Vacay: a low-priced deal-email service (US$25/yr, about CA$36, checked 2026-10-06)
Members book directly with the airline; Next Vacay says it is not part of the ticketing process at all, which it says removes bias from its deal recommendations.
The catch: The service does not take requests for specific dates or destinations, so it works best for travelers who are flexible on where and when they travel.
5. Thrifty Traveler: if you want deal alerts plus travel guides and a podcast
Personalization plus breadth: members get instant email alerts only from their preferred home airports, with coverage across 200+ U.S. and Canadian departure cities, including points & miles deals.
The catch: The free tier ('Limited') receives the same deal alerts 24 hours later than paid Premium/Premium+ members, who get them instantly.
6. Airfarewatchdog: if you want a free option
It tracks members' chosen home airports and routes and notifies them of the best deals, so they don't have to search themselves.
The catch: The free plan is limited to economy flight fare alerts within the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean; premium cabins and worldwide deals require a paid plan.
7. Google Flights: if you want to search yourself, free
Strong price-comparison and tracking tools: date grid, price graph, price insights/history, and price-drop alerts for tracked routes.
The catch: Displayed fares exclude optional charges and bag fees, which may apply on top of the shown price.
When you should just stay with Going
If deal emails are what you want and Going’s deals from your home airports have worked for you, there is no reason to switch. It has been in the deal-alert business for years (as Scott’s Cheap Flights before the rename) and deal volume is its strength.
Switching costs you the tuning you already did: your origin airports, your destination preferences. None of the alternatives below know what those are.
How we ranked these
- Total price in CAD. What the whole thing costs a Canadian, converted at the rate shown, not the headline number in US dollars.
- Verifiable on their own site. Every fact in our tables carries the date we checked it. If their site doesn't state it, we write "Not stated on their site" rather than guess.
- What comes after the flight. A cheap ticket is only part of a trip.
- Usable from Canada. Whether a Canadian traveller can actually use it: departure airports served, and whether it shows prices a Canadian can pay.
Where we lose: we don't send fare alerts, we don't cover every route, and we publish fewer items per week than any deal-email service. If your question is "watch my route", we are not your answer.
Real trips we've published
Live from our trip list, same packages anyone can browse on /trips. These are the finished plans the comparison above keeps referring to.
FAQ
What is the best Going alternative in Canada?
There is no single best one, because the services do different jobs. For more deal emails, Dollar Flight Club, Jack’s Flight Club, Next Vacay and Thrifty Traveler sell the same kind of thing. For planning the whole trip, that is our product. For searching yourself, Google Flights is free. The list above states each one’s catch with the date we checked.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Going in Canada?
Prices in CAD for every service above are in the table, converted at the rate shown on the day we checked. Whether one is cheaper depends on the plan tier you compare, so read the cells rather than trusting a summary line here.
Is there a free alternative to Going?
Yes. Airfarewatchdog and Google Flights cost nothing, and their catches are stated in the list above. Free services are free for a reason: read what each one says about itself before you rely on it.
Does Going work for Canadian travellers?
What Going’s own site states about Canadian departure airports is in the table, with the date we checked. If its site does not state it, we do not either.
Why would I switch from Going?
Switch if what you want changed: you want the rest of the trip handled (hotels, day plan, budget) rather than more emails, or you want to stop paying for emails a free tool covers. Do not switch if deal volume from your airports is already working for you. That is the honest case for staying.