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WTF!!!!
I just moved to San Antonio Texas from Southern California. I figured air to Roatan should be much cheaper now. What I found is that logic plays no part in airline prices.
Other than on a trip on Taca that took us from LAX through San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, La Cieba on to Roatan, we always fly Continental. With Continental we always have a layover in Houston (and usually miss our connection home).
We lived near Orange County airport. It is a smaller airport so I figured that is why it was usually about $100 more than flying out of LAX. But it was usually worth it to us.
Now we are about 45 minutes air time from Houston (from San Antonio). And this is where things get stupid.
I checked fares recently. I wanted to compare what it cost to fly from here vs. back in California.
From LAX to RTB with a stop in Houston= $618
From SNA (Orange County)= $851
Now, from SAT (San Antonio)= $750!!!
And if I drove the 3 hours to Houston to just fly direct= $670!!!!!
How the hell is it $132 cheaper to fly from LAX to Houston than from San Antonio to Houston!?
WHats more, How can they really charge $52 more to fly straight out of Houston!?!?!?!
From what I can see here is that Continental Airlines will pay you $52 to fly from LAX to Houston.
There has to be something Roatan and/or the diving community can do about this. We don't have many options to get there. By boycotting we just don't get to dive and we hurt Roatan's dive business. Any ideas?
PS: A very special holiday F you to Continental.
I just moved to San Antonio Texas from Southern California. I figured air to Roatan should be much cheaper now. What I found is that logic plays no part in airline prices.
Other than on a trip on Taca that took us from LAX through San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, La Cieba on to Roatan, we always fly Continental. With Continental we always have a layover in Houston (and usually miss our connection home).
We lived near Orange County airport. It is a smaller airport so I figured that is why it was usually about $100 more than flying out of LAX. But it was usually worth it to us.
Now we are about 45 minutes air time from Houston (from San Antonio). And this is where things get stupid.
I checked fares recently. I wanted to compare what it cost to fly from here vs. back in California.
From LAX to RTB with a stop in Houston= $618
From SNA (Orange County)= $851
Now, from SAT (San Antonio)= $750!!!
And if I drove the 3 hours to Houston to just fly direct= $670!!!!!
How the hell is it $132 cheaper to fly from LAX to Houston than from San Antonio to Houston!?
WHats more, How can they really charge $52 more to fly straight out of Houston!?!?!?!
From what I can see here is that Continental Airlines will pay you $52 to fly from LAX to Houston.
There has to be something Roatan and/or the diving community can do about this. We don't have many options to get there. By boycotting we just don't get to dive and we hurt Roatan's dive business. Any ideas?
PS: A very special holiday F you to Continental.