Originally Posted by
cmdinnyc
There was a thread awhile back about a hurricane in Central America where flights were canceled. The traveler was on a reward ticket using their miles and would only be put on the next CO flight, which was a week later since CO only flies to the country once weekly (Honduras I believe).
I can't verify the authenticity of this, but it is something to keep in mind if you're going to a destination that involves less frequent service.
I believe that was this post:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghlight=roatan, and it was Roatan, Honduras.
As with any other flight, always know all of your options. In the cited example, yes, CO only flies/flew to Roatan on Saturday. However, there are/were DAILY flights between Houston and San Pedro Sula (on the mainland) and DAILY flights between Houston and Teguchigulpa. For $100+, the poster could get to these airports and be headed home.
(Mind you that they would have needed CO to cooperate, and would have had to pay their own $$ to get to the mainland.)