Secret to saving money on flights to Roatan

[Kmart4321]

Looking for some help. Coworker and I are looking at Roatan for a dive trip in September.

Flights are absurd. Same price to fly out of Houston or Atlanta return to Roatan as it is from Minneapolis, and that is not cheap either btw. What is going on? Is there something I am missing?

I have tried all the Priceline-like sites as well as all the major carriers.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Maverick17]

I'm seeing 500-ish using those airports, if that's where you're going from. Not great, but RTB is not one I'm familiar with prices. I checked against non-hub cities, like New Orleans, Austin, Vegas, O'Hare and it is even higher at 700. So it's not being hub-captive in this case.

Roatan is a great miles value if you have any. Otherwise, the only thing I'm seeing is Spirit from Houston to San Salvador for 250. Maybe you could get a separate ticket onward that way. But that's a pain and if one flight is late you risk getting cancelled. Not worth it IMO.

It's still early though for fall flights IMO. I'd wait keep an eye on it for another month at least before I purchased and watch fluctuations.

 

[LiquidDivingAdventure]

Some folks fly Taca to San Pedro Sula and have good luck. I find them not on time often. I usually fly United / Continental out of IAH (Houston) and flights that used to be $280 to $350 R/T are now twice that. Needless to say I have found other destinations that offer more bang for the buck resort-wise for the same airfare cost (Caymans, etc).