American Airlines’ route network leaves a bit to be desired when it comes to long haul international flights. Fortunately short haul international flights is a different story, especially when it comes to serving the Caribbean. Along those lines, American has just added a pretty cool new route out of my home airport, which I look forward to taking.
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American will fly to South Caicos, Turks & Caicos
As of February 15, 2025, American will be introducing 2x weekly flights between Miami (MIA) and South Caicos, in the Turks & Caicos (XSC). The flight will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays with the following schedule:
AA3815 Miami to South Caicos departing 10:05AM arriving 12:27PM
AA3815 South Caicos to Miami departing 1:44PM arriving 3:55PM
The 628-mile flight is blocked at 2hr22min from Miami, and 2hr11min to Miami. This flight will be operated by subsidiary American Eagle, using a 76-seat Embraer E175, with 12 first class seats.
What makes this a cool network addition
American currently offers extensive service to Providenciales, the capital of the Turks & Caicos. Currently South Caicos only has domestic flights, with service on InterCaribbean Airways from Providenciales (which is only 51 miles away). The region has been aiming for international flights for quite some time, so it’s cool to see that finally happen.
Turks & Caicos is known for its amazing beaches, but South Caicos is definitely a bit more secluded than the Providenciales area, where the resorts along Grace Bay tend to draw crowds.
For those into points hotels, this new South Caicos flight should be exciting. For example, Sailrock Resort is located in South Caicos. While it’s not part of a major global hotel group, it does belong to Small Luxury Hotels of the World, and participates in the new Hilton Honors collaboration.
Beyond that, Salterra Turks & Caicos is a Marriott Luxury Collection property in South Caicos, which is a refresh of an existing property. That’s opening as of February 15, 2025, the same date this new flight is supposed to launch.
South Caicos has been on my radar for some time, given its close proximity to Miami. I’ll definitely be taking this flight once it launches.
Bottom line
As of February 2025, American is launching a 2x weekly flight between Miami and South Caicos, in the Turks & Caicos. The airline will operate the route with an American Eagle Embraer E175, and it will be the airport’s first international service. This makes getting to South Caicos way easier, given that the airport currently only has service from Providenciales.
What do you make of American adding South Caicos flights?
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This will also help those traveling to and from Grand Turk, saving them time and money going to go to Provo to catch the flight to MIA.
We spent 5 nights at Sailrock and wouldn’t really recommend it. Food was fairly meh. No spa facilities. The Atlantic beach was full of trash and Sargussum; the cove beach area had a ton of jelly fish. We had a great private pool but without that the trip would have been horrendous b
Just saw some Interesting LAS-NRT/LHR temp adds for CES by AA. I’m surprised that no US carrier has pulled off Vegas long haul flights before.
What’s CES? Thanks!
The Consumer Electronics Show, a major annual tech convention held in Vegas every January.
In theory, the convention should be able to support traffic from NRT, LHR, and most likely TPE.
Avoid Sailrock at all costs. The rooms and villas are not what they show in the photos. They have very little food offerings and everything was frozen. They service was mixed. The island itself is in shambles. It’s extremely desolate and dangerous. No medical care in the area either. Please avoid!
This is simply not true on multiple levels with the possible exception of medical care - I have no idea if there is medical care or not but that isn’t how most people plan their trips anyway.
The food at sailrock was lovely. Maybe not particularly inventive but it was plentiful and nicely prepared.
To call SC “dangerous” is just silly or you are incredibly sheltered and poorly traveled. Only a few hundred...
This is simply not true on multiple levels with the possible exception of medical care - I have no idea if there is medical care or not but that isn’t how most people plan their trips anyway.
The food at sailrock was lovely. Maybe not particularly inventive but it was plentiful and nicely prepared.
To call SC “dangerous” is just silly or you are incredibly sheltered and poorly traveled. Only a few hundred people live there! There is no crime to speak of at all! It may be desolate but we found it to be a lovely break from the mass market tourism of PLS.
Was lucky enough to honeymoon at Sailrock in 2022. The beauty of the property cannot be overstated — it’s on a narrow isthmus where you can see the Atlantic on your right and the Caribbean on your left. The property is very natural, and there’s even wild donkeys wondering around! Food and service was 5-stars, as was the beach & water (on the Caribbean side at least where the main beach bar/restaurant is). Would love...
Was lucky enough to honeymoon at Sailrock in 2022. The beauty of the property cannot be overstated — it’s on a narrow isthmus where you can see the Atlantic on your right and the Caribbean on your left. The property is very natural, and there’s even wild donkeys wondering around! Food and service was 5-stars, as was the beach & water (on the Caribbean side at least where the main beach bar/restaurant is). Would love to see a review in the future Ben to see your thoughts! Look forward to returning soon with Hilton pts and 5th night free
There seems to be a material discrepancy between your post and PMA's post, as they present entirely opposite perspectives. Your post, in particular, comes across as if it were written by someone affiliated with the property. This inconsistency raises doubts and makes me question the authenticity of your statements.
I've been to T&C countless times and stayed just about everywhere. Both of their posts are wildly extreme. "the beauty of the property cannot be overstated" + just about everything else in that post, and "the island itself is in shambles, it's extremely desolate and dangerous" - holy hyperbole by of them...
My stay was perfectly fine. There is FAR better in T&C (though limited use of points, but if points is your only...
I've been to T&C countless times and stayed just about everywhere. Both of their posts are wildly extreme. "the beauty of the property cannot be overstated" + just about everything else in that post, and "the island itself is in shambles, it's extremely desolate and dangerous" - holy hyperbole by of them...
My stay was perfectly fine. There is FAR better in T&C (though limited use of points, but if points is your only way of paying, you're better off going to other places in the caribbean). South Caicos is nice, but you really need to love lounging on the beach and not doing much else. There just isn't anything else there (outside of some day trips or snorkeling), which will appeal to some but not others. Having been as much as I have, I'm glad I've been there but I still to Grace Bay.
*stick to the Grace Bay area.
@pstm91. Agreed. Grace Bay is magical. Ben’s reference to the resort area isn’t quite accurate in my opinion…except for the Ritz, it’s all low rise and peaceful compared to most other prime beach destinations. I need to get back (after hurricane season)
I will concede I definitely have rose-colored glasses for Sailrock given it was my honeymoon and it's objectively the nicest resort I've ever stayed at. Perhaps I'd be more nitpicky if I had many 5-star hotel experiences to compare it to. That said, I stand by highly recommending it to anyone asks, with the caveat that it's definitely a resort for people who are looking to lounge on a beautiful beach and completely disconnect from...
I will concede I definitely have rose-colored glasses for Sailrock given it was my honeymoon and it's objectively the nicest resort I've ever stayed at. Perhaps I'd be more nitpicky if I had many 5-star hotel experiences to compare it to. That said, I stand by highly recommending it to anyone asks, with the caveat that it's definitely a resort for people who are looking to lounge on a beautiful beach and completely disconnect from the outside world, as you alluded to
Cool! But how will they fill that plane? Guess that's the demand...
@ Johnson -- It's only a maximum of 152 seats per week. I imagine way more Americans fly from Providenciales to South Caicos every week, and can now fly a lot more directly. The new Salterra Luxury Collection resort alone has 100 rooms, many of which have multiple bedrooms, so that resort alone can probably sustain this flight.