When I first started going to the DR in 2010 (not that long ago!) I could grab a direct flight on Continental out of EWR just about any day of the week for around $330-350, a sometimes as low as $300.
And then fares into
POP started going up. And up. And up. $380, then $430, then $480 last year...
You know what the LOW fare to
POP out of EWR (via United) is right now?
$653.
Six-hundred and fifty-three fucking dollars. And this is with more (not less) competition, jet fuel prices significantly lower, airlines charging for checked bags (and in the case of some douchey airlines - carry-ons as well).
What in the everfucking fuckity fuck kind of bullshit is this?
Fares up 250% since 3-4 years ago? (that's on the base fare, taxes are taxes)
Hell, JetBlue and United both added an EWR-STI route last year so the common thought was - we're gonna get lower prices into
STI (at least). Well, fares into
STI are $420+ right now - which is anywhere from $50-$100
higher than they were last year.
SDQ fares have gone up about the same as
STI.
Yet airfares to other Caribbean destinations have been (for the most part) stagnant for years. I looked at SXM (
St Martaan) - $380 - pretty much the same I paid in '09. Aruba's pretty much the same, MBJ, same same. Hell, there are even a few islands you can get to for around/under $300 right now (Curacao, Caymans, etc).
So what the fuck is going on with prices into the DR?
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