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Old 05-18-2004, 07:56 PM
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Default American Airlines will increase its operations in DR
AA will increase its offer to DR this summer.

NYC STI 4 daily
NYC SDQ 4 daily
NYC PUJ 1 DAILY
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Old 05-18-2004, 09:42 PM
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Good usable info here. The new MIA-SDQ flght is quite late though, leaving 7:30 p.m arriving 9:50 p.m. Better to arrive late the night before than lose the morning of the next day I suppose.
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Old 05-19-2004, 10:00 AM
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Thumbs up AA more service from NYC, Mia and SJU.
AA will have about 10 Daily flights from Kennedy Airport to Dominican Republic this summer.
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Old 05-19-2004, 02:06 PM
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AA will have about 10 Daily flights from Kennedy Airport to Dominican Republic this summer.

Maybe they will offer some more under $300 fares!
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Old 05-19-2004, 04:16 PM
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Maybe they will offer some more under $300 fares!
Don't expect discounts unless they have to match Jet Blue on the routes and so far it seems JB is not offering deals. When they do, AA matches the deals, waives change fees, to retain the market share. Also I wonder how well JB does in the freight side, since AA can run the A300's empty and profit on each flight just with cargo.
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Old 05-19-2004, 05:30 PM
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Well if Jet Blue helps bring down AA $200 or more dollars then thats GREAT!
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Old 05-19-2004, 07:05 PM
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Well if Jet Blue helps bring down AA $200 or more dollars then thats GREAT!
They don't seem to be doing that at all.
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Old 05-19-2004, 07:29 PM
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Don't expect discounts unless they have to match Jet Blue on the routes and so far it seems JB is not offering deals. When they do, AA matches the deals, waives change fees, to retain the market share. Also I wonder how well JB does in the freight side, since AA can run the A300's empty and profit on each flight just with cargo.
Not trying to get back into this discussion, but here's a fact that I discovered yesterday for my trip in July.

Similar timeframes, same days, flying coach, no sale prices, all taxes and fees included

JetBlue - $380 (down from $440)
American $594 (up from $540)

Would love see the prices drop under $200 before taxes, but JB's regular prices ain't bad right now. Hopefully, they do force AA to lower their regular prices to match them, then still offer the AA Advantage Faresavers. Competition will be great for all of our pockets.

It's interesting that AA is now expanding its operations to RD. What? All of a sudden, did a new group of travelers just show up and demand added service? Is it suddenly easier for a Dominican to get a visa to travel?

Sounds to me like they're trying to flood the market now to combat the competition. AA's trying to defend it's turf. Whatever the case, there'll be some interesting prices this summer/fall. Let them battle, just be ready to catch the deals. Thanks Delta and JB!!!!

We win!!!
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Old 05-19-2004, 07:57 PM
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Finally American has some real competition from real Airlines Jet Blue, Delta and Continental the prices might finally come down.
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Old 05-19-2004, 09:02 PM
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AA 391 USD with taxes
Jet Blue 399 USD webfare with taxes!
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