Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
Hunter
I just booked ewr-sdq direct one way...then pop-ewr direct one way....$536 round trip....less a 50 credit I had.....
last 2 weeks in August....JetBlue was 700 same itinerary out of JFK so I thought that was a good deal
now I gotta drag my ass to EWR which isn't too bad going over Tappen Zee...but I like JFK better if I had to choose.
But $136 is a big savings.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
Hunter
I just booked ewr-sdq direct one way...then pop-ewr direct one way....$536 round trip....less a 50 credit I had.....
last 2 weeks in August....JetBlue was 700 same itinerary out of JFK so I thought that was a good deal
now I gotta drag my ass to EWR which isn't too bad going over Tappen Zee...but I like JFK better if I had to choose.
to lessen the pain of that, here's a groupon for parking at EWR:
http://www.groupon.com/deals/newark-liberty-parking-14
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
deezl
Shit man, 45 hours of travel time is substantial. Tack on $120 for hotel rooms in MIA and it starts to sound pretty damn lucrative for $365.
Of coarse, price depends on travel dates. Right know, travel from NYC to POP via jetBlue is $720 (8/28-9/3) with a comparative three hours longer flight time on American @ $790. Outfuckinrageous!
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
slipheed
Shit man, 45 hours of travel time is substantial. Tack on $120 for hotel rooms in MIA and it starts to sound pretty damn lucrative for $365.
Of coarse, price depends on travel dates. Right know, travel from NYC to POP via jetBlue is $720 (8/28-9/3) with a comparative three hours longer flight time on American @ $790. Outfuckinrageous!
that's kinda what pisses me off. AA can charge $250-260 for these flights yet the best available nonstop is $500+? That's some horseshit right there.
Or, you know, just fly into STI.
Oh, and AA didn't stop at POP, either. They have $235 r/t flights to MBJ and sub $200 flights to St Lucia (all with the same shitty layovers).
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
deezl
that's kinda what pisses me off. AA can charge $250-260 for these flights yet the best available nonstop is $500+? That's some horseshit right there.
Or, you know, just fly into STI.
Oh, and AA didn't stop at POP, either. They have $235 r/t flights to MBJ and sub $200 flights to St Lucia (all with the same shitty layovers).
Don't you know schools out and a million Dominican kids get sent back to grandma for the summer.
They will pay to get rid of those kids.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
STI is $511 for those same dates, but you almost have to go the night before ( midnight dep, arrive at 310 am ) They say 3:30 but you always arrive 20 mins Early on that flight.. it my favorite flight.
just FYI, not tryin ta pour gas on the prev comment..
:rofl:
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
Seņor JDR of Medellin
Don't you know schools out and a million Dominican kids get sent back to grandma for the summer.
They will pay to get rid of those kids.
Exactly...As soon as labor day hits fares drop everywhere....
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
Hunter
Exactly...As soon as labor day hits fares drop everywhere....
All these guys hating on a business trying to make some money.
My plane was sold out while Boca was dead.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
Seņor JDR of Medellin
Don't you know schools out and a million Dominican kids get sent back to grandma for the summer.
They will pay to get rid of those kids.
yet you can fly into STI, SDQ, PUJ, and AZS for $350-400 all summer long, those prices haven't gone up in 3 years, flights to POP are up over 100% in the same time.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
deezl
yet you can fly into STI, SDQ, PUJ, and AZS for $350-400 all summer long, those prices haven't gone up in 3 years, flights to POP are up over 100% in the same time.
How many flights are to POP? How many people need to send their kids thru there? Relatives ain't going out of their way.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
Seņor JDR of Medellin
How many flights are to POP? How many people need to send their kids thru there? Relatives ain't going out of their way.
I don't know why you're stuck on this 'kids' thing, it has no bearing on the price of tickets to the DR.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
deezl
I don't know why you're stuck on this 'kids' thing, it has no bearing on the price of tickets to the DR.
But it does. If a all the planes sell out, the prices go up.
My plane was 50% full with kids in July but in January there were maybe two.
When there are empty planes, prices go down.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
Seņor JDR of Medellin
When there are empty planes, prices go down.
Actually, the number of passengers is only one of many factors in airline pricing.
It is the biggest fucking racket ever and data-mining through sites like Kayak has only made it worst. Do us all a favor folks and clear your web browser cache after visiting travel sites :iconTU:
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
Everybody tries to pimp Sosua. You think the airlines haven't noticed the monger traffic.
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Originally Posted by
deezl
yet you can fly into STI, SDQ, PUJ, and AZS for $350-400 all summer long, those prices haven't gone up in 3 years, flights to POP are up over 100% in the same time.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
The Sage
Everybody tries to pimp Sosua. You think the airlines haven't noticed the monger traffic.
they probably haven't. it's such an insignificant number overall. when I'm sitting in the terminal I can usually spot the mongers waiting to board, and it's usually less than ten out of 150+.
the thing they have definitely noticed is that overall tourism to the puerto plata area is down to half of what it was 5-6+ years ago.
but that still doesn't account for the high prices, there are still a lot more tourists flying into POP than AZS, but you can regularly find fares to AZS in the $350-400 neighborhood, at POP you're lucky if it drops under $470.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
deezl
the thing they have definitely noticed is that overall tourism to the puerto plata area is down to half of what it was 5-6+ years ago.
but that still doesn't account for the high prices, there are still a lot more tourists flying into POP than AZS, but you can regularly find fares to AZS in the $350-400 neighborhood, at POP you're lucky if it drops under $470.
At least we only buy tickets for one and not families of 4 or 5.
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
Yeah but hell they have layovers...
Re: 07/2014 - Crazy low fares to POP from EWR in July on AA
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Originally Posted by
slipheed
Actually, the number of passengers is only one of many factors in airline pricing.
It is the biggest fucking racket ever and data-mining through sites like Kayak has only made it worst. Do us all a favor folks and clear your web browser cache after visiting travel sites :iconTU:
or just use incognito mode.