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Crazy fares!
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01/02/2023 04:43 PM
01/02/2023 04:43 PM
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,899 Portland, OR
jazzgal
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As I've noted previously, I normally purchase two one-way tickets as I have found that flights are the cheapest in the very early days of their becoming available. I was looking at flights from Portland, OR, to SXM in early November. I had already reserved my room at Horny Toad so was trying to arrive on the day I had reserved. One-way, first-class flights leaving on a Thursday/arriving on a Friday started at $1,500 and went up to $3,500! So crazy. I played around a bit (thanks to a suggestion from Todd) and discovered that if I left on Monday, the fare was only $627 so I jumped on it!
Now waiting for the return flights to become available. If I still want to stay a full five weeks, I'm going to have to move rooms at The Toad because my room was already reserved on the date of my initial check-out. The joys of traveling . . . .
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