Flights

[OneLoveNegril]

Flew American last month and arrived 7 hours later than planned, total disaster and only saving grace was that my kids (8 and 10) were champs the whole time.

I wrestled with airfare a lot this year in planning our trip from Phoenix. We are a family of 4 and you can go broke just trying to get to Jamaica. I was told it is because of the high tax when flying into JA which is the 2nd highest in the world? Not sure how accurate that is but after poking a bit on one-way flights I see the leg from U.S. to JA is ~$550 but the leg out is ~$200. I had a bunch of Frequent flyer miles on three different cards but none had enough for a roundtrip ticket so I ended up using miles to pay for 3 tickets oneways there then payed cash for the legs back. The net result was $1500 for a family of 4 vs. $3200 which made the trip possible.

Thought I'd share the tip in the event you are in the same boat as me.

In 9 days my butt will be on the Negril white sand Red Stripe in hand. So excited!!!

[rjonsun]

One Love Negril, I just checked what we paid for taxes and carrier imposed fees from Philly to MoGo and back and it came to $135.42 for October flights. We used Frequent Flyer Miles for this trip. 25,000 miles round trip per person.
Regards,
Bob

[Treasure BeachBum]

We leave Sept. 29 from Phila. on American for the same miles and price.?
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[Jdub]

One Love Negril, I just checked what we paid for taxes and carrier imposed fees from Philly to MoGo and back and it came to $135.42 for October flights. We used Frequent Flyer Miles for this trip. 25,000 miles round trip per person.
Regards,
Bob

Hey Bob, we’re still going to Calvary 10/27. Pastor Cooper said Minister Bobby was asked to be the interim pastor. Hope to see you and Janet.

Southwest finally opened up its schedule to January 5th.

Dr. J

[Marko]

I wrestled with airfare a lot this year in planning our trip from Phoenix. We are a family of 4 and you can go broke just trying to get to Jamaica. I was told it is because of the high tax when flying into JA which is the 2nd highest in the world?

yea the Jamaica tax and user fees blah blah blah is one of the highest in the world....not good
by far the highest tax and user fees of any country that I have entered........shouldn't be for Mobay airport

Cool Runnings, Marko