Originally Posted by
dgreen12
Lots of cruises from both Port Everglades (two miles from FLL) and the Port of Miami. Folks choose cruises based typically on the ship and the cruise line, not the air carrier that gets them there. Much less a hassle factor flying in/out of FLL than MIA, that's for sure.
True, but they decide the air carrier based on where their cruise departs from. If they book a cruise that departs out of the Port of Miami, they probably won't fly AS into FLL to catch it.
I'm assuming a good chunk of people on the AS flights to MIA are getting on a boat. Hopefully there's a similar level of demand out of Port Everglades to keep that traffic flowing on AS.
Originally Posted by
dgreen12
I agree that it's quite interesting that as AS and AA get "closer", AS is pulling out of a major AA hub. But how many people were making connections in MIA anyway for further travel on AA?
Maybe not a ton, but I do know a few folks that have connected in MIA to onward flights to the Caribbean, Central America, and even backtracking up to other destinations in the American South.