American Airlines Monopoly on Cozumel

[wateraddiction]

I often get great FF award travel on AA to Cozumel. I book 328 days in advance (330 days is the max and flight prices usually drop a few days after they open dates). Last year we snagged one way for 12k from Wichita the week after Thanksgiving.
Flexibility and advanced planning is key.

I agree that advance planning is key (and a little OCD don't hurt). I've been avoiding awards for CZM due to high taxes ($136/pp) compared to Bonaire or Roatan ($79 pp) so we purchased tix on AA to CZM from Chicago for $394/pp and I saved the miles for Bonaire since those flights are more expensive (and surprisingly, we found better redemptions at 20k/pp). Every once in awhile, BON, RTB, and PLS can be had at 20k/pp or less on AA but I can't detect the pattern of when they're released. I also saw CZM award for less than 15k this year but the connections weren't ideal. AA awards have worked great for us for the Caribbean over the years.

 

[mcohen1021]

Saw this on FB just now, unconfirmed but i guess we could try booking DFW to CZM in Sept to find out

Nice job AA continuing the monopoly

 

[NDL_Diver]

Saw this on FB just now, unconfirmed but i guess we could try booking DFW to CZM in Sept to find out

Nice job AA continuing the monopoly



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https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/southwest-posts-a-1q-loss-and-will-limit-hiring-19421873.php

Confirmed

 

[tridacna]

Not all of them, but as I said it's water through the channel; it was many years ago. I have said all I will about this; I am not letting myself get sucked any farther into this stupid argument.

There’s absolutely no way that you will leave this argument alone. Your previous posts speak to that clearly. Unless you have the last word, you will debate ad infinitum.

 

[ggunn]

There’s absolutely no way that you will leave this argument alone. Your previous posts speak to that clearly. Unless you have the last word, you will debate ad infinitum.

<insert last word>

 

[tridacna]

<Hello Gordon>

 

[k4kafka]

Just read that Southwest is abandoning CZM and a few other airports as a cost-cutting measure.

 

[Shawn C]

Just read that Southwest is abandoning CZM and three other airports as a cost-cutting measure.

There's a seperate thread for that:

Southwest Leaving Cozumel

It isn't just Cozumel. News story today is Southwest cancelled flights to a number of cities (4 locations were cited) due the inability of getting aircraft from Boeing. Now it could be they are attempting to cut back on underutilized flights.

scubaboard.com

 

[k4kafka]

There's a seperate thread for that:

Southwest Leaving Cozumel

It isn't just Cozumel. News story today is Southwest cancelled flights to a number of cities (4 locations were cited) due the inability of getting aircraft from Boeing. Now it could be they are attempting to cut back on underutilized flights.

scubaboard.com

Thank you. I see that now.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Thank you. I see that now.

THAT WILL JUST MAKE THE AA MONOPOLY WORSE. DAMN.

DAVE DILLEHAY