In the second half of last year we saw the major US airlines begin selling tickets for flights to Cuba. It’s no surprise that so many US carriers requested rights to operate routes to Cuba, given that it’s the first time in decades that such flights are possible. I took advantage of that opportunity, and…
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So is another airline going to try to take the HAV slots that Frontier/Spirit gave up? If memory serves, the demand for the slots exceeded the supply. United had some city pairs it wanted to try, from IAD, for example?
Very tricky for Spirit to make it work. Same reason budget airlines don't really fly to places that need Visa in Europe. The added cost of the Visa's for budget airline passengers really puts them off buying the ticket and the core market wants bargain fares to cheap destinations.
Thank you Bobbie Farnaro. If I want to make more money with this stock, this is the first stupid route to cut.
The airlines all jumped to get there,
as predicted they are dropping like flies.
"....when she got there, the cupboard was bare."
Is it at all likely you'll be able to use Mileageplus to Cuba at some point this year? I really can't see why United are happy to sell the flights for cash but not miles.
Look it's all about the A319 vs the A321NEO and what Pratt wants to do with the next step in Middletown. CTPOWER YO!
I am devastated. I had been flying Spirit exclusively and used all my award miles to book us on the trip of a lifetime in Cuba this June. Hotels and guiding all prepaid. Spirit has canceled our itinerary, and at the same time the miles were refunded they immediately expired. So now we have nothing. Spirit has refused all our requests at rebooting and we can't even use the miles.
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you..... 😉
When someone like myself, who knows zilch about the airline business, can immediately tell that requesting all of these flights was "plane crazy", I've got to wonder what those airline execs were smoking.
Everyone JUMPED to get into the Cuban market.... but, all the suits at the airlines forgot one thing. Everyday people can NOT fly to Cuba still. They should be fired for their dumbass decision by the stockholders of the airlines involved.
What the business experts on here are forgetting is that their goal is not just to get business, but to stop their competitors getting business. A great example is my local town which has two full-sized branches of the same supermarket right next to each other - they keep them both open however as if they closed one, a competitor would move into it.
Whether they've been successful enough in that regard to have made the overcapacity worthwhile I don't know.
Just flew the Alaska non stop from LAX to Havana Thursday, April 6 and returned Monday, April 10 and the flight was completely full both directions. Glad I got to visit. Yes it'seems different from other Caribbean locations, but I enjoyed it enough to want to go back and see more of the country. I hope they continue to offer service from LAX, but I would consider a connection in Florida.
You’d be surprised at how easy everyday people can actually travel to Cuba, I go back and forth all the time to visit my fiancé over there. All you have to do is get a tourist visa and choose the “support for the Cuban people” category and you’re good to go.