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You got to be kidding
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02/12/2018 09:20 PM
02/12/2018 09:20 PM
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Posts: 383 Lancaster County PA. Home of t...
Jeff_C
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We are not going to SXM this year . The first time in 21 years . We stay in Orient bay and we feel it won't be ready in April . But We still Love SXM and I keep checking airfare out of Philly in April . $1,500.00 per person R/T ( no direct flight ) YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING . And the flight isn't even half full . I just don't get it ??? Thank God about 5 couples that go to SXM in April are going to Paya Bay for more than half the price to fly . And that includes the insurance .. What I s AA doing ? Even if The hurricane didn't hit SXM last year I would never pay $1,500.00 per person R/T to ( not direct ) SXM . Hope things look different in 2019 or we won't be going then either . Sorry I love you SXM ....... But I just wasn't able to pull the trigger . Jeff _C
If your motto is ; If at first you don't succeed...... Maybe it would be best not to try sky diving !
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Re: You got to be kidding
[Re: Jeff_C]
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02/12/2018 09:35 PM
02/12/2018 09:35 PM
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Posts: 2,106 Southport, North Carolina, US
candj
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Did you try Cheapoair.com? We were trying to find tickets for a trip we are taking and AA was $3,000 for the two of us and Cheapoair found tickets for $1,100 for both of us.
Fair winds and following seas! SSN691-May She Ever Prowl The Seas in Defense of Human Freedom! SSN787-Preserving Peace, Prepared for War
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Re: You got to be kidding
[Re: Jeff_C]
#154889
02/12/2018 10:10 PM
02/12/2018 10:10 PM
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Jeff_C
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Thanks for the input . But we are all confirmed for Paya Bay in April . I Just had a co - worker that was on a cruse that went to SXM in Feb . He has never been to SXM before . He told me that there was a lot of construction going on . But he felt that the ship should have gone some where else . He thought that the place was still a mess . And that they were no ready yet . Jeff
If your motto is ; If at first you don't succeed...... Maybe it would be best not to try sky diving !
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Re: You got to be kidding
[Re: Jeff_C]
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02/12/2018 10:37 PM
02/12/2018 10:37 PM
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Jeff_C
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Not only the cost of flying was a crime . But also our problem was with lodging . Our first week we rent a villa with other couples in Orient Bay . None of the villa we have rented are up and running . The second week we stay ( just my wife and I ) in the Simpson bay area . We do not own a time share but we rent through Book-It .com or VRBO and those places were out also . I do hope things will be pretty well up and running for 2019 . Like I said we have been going there since 1996 ( every year ) I did not want to settle .We will do all we can to be there in 2019 . Stay strong SXM . I will miss you . I know Paya bay will not be the same . Jeff_C
If your motto is ; If at first you don't succeed...... Maybe it would be best not to try sky diving !
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Re: You got to be kidding
[Re: Jeff_C]
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02/13/2018 06:31 AM
02/13/2018 06:31 AM
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Unless you can fly from the NYC metro area, air is out of sight in many cases. I had friends get air for under $600 from St. Louis and also Cincinnati. I was considering going but air from Dayton was close to $900 and is now over $1200. Not a good situation for most people.
J.D.
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Re: You got to be kidding
[Re: RonDon]
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02/13/2018 08:30 AM
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We got RT from NY for 2 people on Jet Blue for $736 total. Thanks for making my point.
J.D.
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Re: You got to be kidding
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02/13/2018 09:02 AM
02/13/2018 09:02 AM
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Looked to book a trip to see family in March a few weeks ago. SXM to MIA direct $1100 pp, SXM to MIA taking 18 hours, $835 pp. Needless to say, won't be seeing my grandkids in March!
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: You got to be kidding
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02/13/2018 09:26 AM
02/13/2018 09:26 AM
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The disparity in airfare is amazing. Cities just an hour or two away from each often see a difference of several hundred dollars and nothing seems to match the NYC area for the absolute best fares to SXM.
J.D.
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Re: You got to be kidding
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02/13/2018 12:30 PM
02/13/2018 12:30 PM
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Sorry, with those prices, why didn't you book AA round trip?? We got our tickets for June this year way back pre-Irma, got a steal at around $350 r/t from Miami. Same dates are around $600 r/t now.
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Re: You got to be kidding
[Re: RogerAndBeth]
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02/13/2018 02:33 PM
02/13/2018 02:33 PM
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Roger and Beth--you could have booked two one way tickets, both on AA. Did you look for two one ways? Sometimes roundtrip is more than two one ways.
Last edited by Carol_Hill; 02/13/2018 02:35 PM.
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Re: You got to be kidding
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02/14/2018 12:56 AM
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We would love to go down in April, but the airfares are out of sight!!! We got a GREAT rate for late October. That we are booked!! Not going this past Oct-Nov, really felt it!! That fall holiday really re charges the batteries going forward through these COLD COLD winters! If we can get the airfare within reason I'd love to go. Maybe stay at Bruno's??? It's just wrong for the airlines to stick it to us!
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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