Help getting from PDX to STT on Delta or partner
Feb 29, 2012, 10:47 am
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Help getting from PDX to STT on Delta or partner
Greetings, I am taking the family to STT from RDM or PDX over Thanksgiving week and am trying to get flights on Delta or a partner (as I am diamond, my wife is gold and my kids are silver). The flights on Delta alone are horrible for times/layovers. Any suggestions? Again, I would like to accrue Delta miles if possible...should I fly to JFK and catch an American flight? How about MIA? Any suggestions on where to start looking would be great.
Feb 29, 2012, 10:53 am
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Given that in most cases to get from the West Coast to the Caribbean a redeye is involved (most once-a-day Caribbean flights leave late morning), there isn't a great way to do it on any carrier for the most part.
On Delta, on the outbound you'll have a long layover in ATL. AA and US would be double-connects from PDX. UA is a long layover in IAH.
There isn't a ton of traffic flow from the West Coast to the Caribbean, which is part of the reason you don't see a ton of great connection options between the regions. Going to JFK on Delta and then going on AA out of JFK might work, but does the hassle of a terminal change (which I'd leave 3 hours for) negate a 3.5 hour layover or so in Atlanta?
On Delta, on the outbound you'll have a long layover in ATL. AA and US would be double-connects from PDX. UA is a long layover in IAH.
There isn't a ton of traffic flow from the West Coast to the Caribbean, which is part of the reason you don't see a ton of great connection options between the regions. Going to JFK on Delta and then going on AA out of JFK might work, but does the hassle of a terminal change (which I'd leave 3 hours for) negate a 3.5 hour layover or so in Atlanta?
Feb 29, 2012, 11:14 am
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Feb 29, 2012, 11:25 am
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Thanks for the responses...red-eyes are not a problem and we figured we would take one. Hawaii is great, but we have been there a bunch as it is very easy to get to from the west coast. Just want to try something new!
Feb 29, 2012, 11:32 am
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Exactly. AA is ending LAX-SJU which was the last West Coast-Caribbean flight I could think of - Air Jamaica had LAX/PHX-MBJ at one point (as did US on PHX-MBJ) but that's about it. West of the Rockies tends to go to Hawaii, East Coast tends to go Caribbean.
Feb 29, 2012, 11:33 am
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Feb 29, 2012, 11:48 am
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