Last edited by distantvoyeur; 02-12-2015 at 07:42 PM.
Right now American is better because you get credited for the actual miles flown.
Plus once you hit gold status or better you get priority boarding, access to better seats and sometimes upgrades to business class.
But who knows what the real value of the miles will be when it comes time to try and use them
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I just booked jfk to sdq $214 on way and used points+$64taxes on the return leg
let the 12 day adventure begin
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Yes I saw that but I have some pretty specific days that I want to go there and the $813 doesn't quite fit that timing
Also I would like seats with a little more room since it is a very long flight and that adds another 400-500 to the fare.
What I am looking at now is a flight on Emirates for a little over 1,000. It connects through Dubai but gets me into BKK first thing in the morning rather than at 11pm.
I have never flown Emirates but have heard some good things about them.
Plus it got the wheels turning about Dubai as they have several flights from Dubai to BKK so I could create a layover of as much as 20 hours.
Hmmm whatever would I do there.
None of it makes any sense to me. I fly from BOS-MIA-POP on American Airlines,while in Miami I meet up with my wingman and we fly to POP together,he has always paid a higher fare than me,it has been this way for ten years that we have been going to the DR,it makes absolutely no sense.
MIA is the connecting city to POP from every airport that AA services. On any given day the vast majority of people on that MIA-POP flight are on connections from some other city. With connecting cities there are almost always multiple airline options to get to where you're going so you have to be competitive with fares. And most of the seats are sold out on the connections so there are probably limited seats available direct.
The other reason is that AA's MIA-POP flight is the only direct flight to POP in Florida. Possibly the only direct flight from anywhere south of NY. They have no competition on that route so they can charge whatever they want. Your only other options on direct flights are to go to FLL and fly into STI.
Well the American website still is not working properly so i took the plunge with Emirates.
The booking process went well and I could select seats in the prime areas in the front of economy class all without an extra fee that I would have to pay if I were on the Delta, American or United.
Flight cost just over $1,000 which I am very happy with.
I have heard good things about Emirates so I guess I will see if it all pans out.
Should be a good adventure and I will detail my plans for destination in another thread but it should include some new areas to report on.
Plus looks like they have a pretty decent mileage program as well
This will be my first time flying to DR on AA. I flew home AA before through Miami awhile back. There are3-4 flights on the leg to MIA for me, but I chose the earliest in case something goes wrong. I wouldn't mind a little extra cash if I could get it for taking a slight bump this time.
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right now aa is the only one who is still in the old ff program format. they only have 3 tiers, you earn miles for distance flown, you get 25% for first level and 100% bonus miles for the next 2 levels!
when it comes to being better it really depends on you and what you are looking for. i like aa for many reasons, like the ones i mentioned. plus the award redemption is easier on aa than it is on delta (from what i have heard) so ill take aa because its easier to earn miles and easier to use them, plus cheaper. that for me makes them a better program than deltas skymiles.
Saw some fares for $572 today; hope the downward trends continues.
Um... nope. IIRC, Santo Domingo is third, after Punta Cana and Puerto Plata, believe it or not.
Fares are not going to change soon. The DR is having some of it's best years ever, as far as tourism is concerned. They don't need to drop fares; the planes are all full as it is.
Just checked, that's not right. SDQ is second after Punta Cana
Airport Name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers (2013) 1. Punta Cana International Airport PUJ/MDPC Punta Cana 5,178,979 7.49% 2. Las Américas International Airport SDQ/MDSD Santo Domingo 3,016,109 3.83% 3. Cibao International Airport STI/MDST Santiago de los Caballeros 1,092,229 0.03% 4. Gregorio Luperón International Airport POP/MDPP Puerto Plata 746,821 0.27% 5. La Romana International Airport LRM/MDLR La Romana 195,792 13.2% 6. Samaná El Catey International Airport AZS/MDCY Samaná 119,502 6.5%
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I didn't say it gets the most passengers
I said it's the biggest airport (which even with the new terminals at PUJ I think is still true) in the biggest city (obviously true) with the most flights from different airlines. The 'different' is the key, because it's the competition that keeps the fares low.
Punta cana has been on the tops in getting the most passengers for a long time. 65% of tourists coming in by plane are flying into PUJ.
What's interesting to note that, as POP passengers have been stagnant/dipping over the past few years, passengers into STI have been on a huge upswing over the last 4-5 years. I wonder if the rising POP fares have anything to do with that.
I can still hop on Spirit and for about $80 and I think 5000(actually it may be 3500) miles have my ass in SDQ or Santiago in about an hour and 15 minutes.
I just don't want to go there
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