Absolute cheapest flight in AC, YYC to YUL, return, December 7 - December 16, is $1,027.50 including $136.50 taxes. No refunds, No credits. Who tf flies that way? Seriously Giveme, you ain't going anywhere, next you will be quoting the men's shelter costs in Timmins or Moncton or someplace as a proxy for your hotel costs. Move on and stop posting BS. Flight costs with any serious airline are much higher, any traveller knows this. Yep, and that means more Aeroplan points are needed as well to pay for every trip leg.
As for flights overseas, some improvements on Atlantic side since summer, but Pacific is still expensive, and Australasia is packed into winter, spring. Even flights to Japan and Korea as that is how people are going into China for now.