Continental Curacao flights - big jump in cost!

[RJP]

Whenever I book a flight I continue to watch airfare in case it goes down, so I've been tracking August fares ever since I booked a $450 round-trip flight from Newark to Curacao.

It creeped up from $450 to $550 right after I booked, then to $750, and today it's at $1,450! (And there's still plenty of seats, so not like they're looking at high demand.) Won't be much helping that whole "Curacao Now" deal, now will it!

 

[BonaireDan]

Airfares are on a huge roller coaster. I booked Bonaire for October about a month ago - $550 plus fees. Then checked the same week fliying a couple of weeks ago. Was up to $1400+. Then checked the same October week last week - back to $600 or so! What's up with all that?

Constantly check fares - they can vary widely and frequently it seems.

 

[Kukuisa]

All that goes up, must come down. If that goes for airline tickets as well is not known, but I just checked Newark - Curacao roundtrip on august 8/15. It gave a price of $ 587.70 . tax included.

P.S. why is everyone taking a roundtrip in stead of one way? Just stay here and keep on diving for ever.

 

[WarmWaterDiver]

If direct deposit kept coming from our employer we might just do that, but I don't think that's gonna happen!

 

[jd950]

P.S. why is everyone taking a roundtrip in stead of one way? Just stay here and keep on diving for ever.

Because most of us would have no ability to pay for housing, transportation, utilities, food or for that matter, the diving.

Now, if you are offering free lodging and food, I could probably find a way to pay for the diving myself, and maybe we should talk??

 

[OMFSDiver]

What dates were you planning on going? I was told that the last flight Continental had into Curacao was Aug 29th 2008. (atleaast from NY/NJ)