Best prices for airfare

[zephyr1957]

Hi!

The prices for airfare have risen, including the fact that my last trip to DR was about 2 years ago.

The ticket from JFK (New York) to Santiago has gone from about $400 to almost $800.

Any cues about where to buy for a better price.

Thanks,

Pierre

[SKY]

JetBlue

[megabiteme]

Originally Posted by zephyr1957

Hi!

The prices for airfare have risen, including the fact that my last trip to DR was about 2 years ago.

The ticket from JFK (New York) to Santiago has gone from about $400 to almost $800.

Any cues about where to buy for a better price.

Thanks,

Pierre

Sorry i dont have the number now, but i will try to find it for you. I used this company located in CA when i went to Indonesia all the time and that trip costed me 875.00 including hotel. it was always the same price for about 4 years straight. So i know with the gas price and food price going up may now effect all of these flights, but its worth a shot. I'll post back when i find the contact.

[Hipocrito Mejia]

Try Cheap Flights, Cheap Hotels, Cheap Airfare, Airline Tickets, Travel Deals - SideStep

It checks a bunch of websites at the same time.

[amparocorp]

sad but true. i just checked AA.com and the best i can find from JFK to SDQ was 589 (includes tax) and that was economy super saver with a stop each way in miami. fares are way up and not likely to go down. now figure a mom and dad, a kid or two, gas to and fro airport, parking, 15 bucks for the first bag, 25 for the second and we're talking some serious money. this has got to hurt the DR economy. probably not too bad for euros.
over the years i've tried cheap tix.com, travelocity, kayak.com and i always wind up on american anyway. it is really hard to beat them price wise.

[Tmarley1016]

Check Spirit Airlines you can join the $9 and they email sales got a round trip ticket in May for 146.00 from Ft. Lauderdale to Santo Domingo including tax.

[sascha]

i always book on orbitz.com. ive found that they continuously have the best prices on airfare. i booked my flights to the DR in february and april through them and got really good deals. i just recently booked from seattle, washington to SDQ for september and paid $550 taxes in! (with one stopover each way).

[AK74]

Originally Posted by zephyr1957

Hi!

The prices for airfare have risen, including the fact that my last trip to DR was about 2 years ago.

The ticket from JFK (New York) to Santiago has gone from about $400 to almost $800.

Any cues about where to buy for a better price.

Thanks,

Pierre

Yes, it is true that in short term higher air fare maybe hurts our narrow selfish interests and slow down businesses and income in the tourist industry.

But if we look at things from a unselfish, wide, historic and responsible point of view - higher prices help us to preserve this beautiful island and its ecology and environment reducing the number of tourists/visitors (i.e. pollution, overcrowding, noise, higher prices in RE and restaurants, influx of putas and sankies looking for both male and female sex tourists).

Very possible that the real advantages overweight some temporary inconveniences. Not true?

[oriole100]

We've used Skyauction.com. Like Ebay but for travel. We've gotten some great deals. Hope this helps.

[amparocorp]

unfortuneatly the economy of this country, and most in the world, is dependent upon all wheels of the machine doing their part, tourism, remittances from abroad, agriculture, mining, real estate, etc. if we screw with one wheel the whole machine suffers. if you think the electric is bad now, take the tourists out and the million dominicans that return to visit, this whole country will shut down. all those visitors eat a lot of dominican grown food and most of it doesn't come from megaconglomerate farms like in the US. are you suggesting it is a good idea to put a lot of small farmers, who may have never seen a tourist, out of work in order to have happy trees?