expired Posted by serra | Staff • Aug 14, 2021
Aug 14, 2021 4:30 PM
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Item 1 of 4
expired Posted by serra | Staff • Aug 14, 2021
Aug 14, 2021 4:30 PM
American Airlines Roundtrip Flight to/from Seattle to San Juan Puerto Rico
(Ltd Travel Sep - Dec 2021)from $208
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Fantastic deal per mile.
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If you want to get out of San Juan, rent a car and drive over to Rincon. It's a little beach town on the west side of the island. Very relaxed atmosphere over there. It's about a three-hour drive ftom the airport.
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I wound up flying AA several times for business/personal the earlier part of the year, for the most part when I fly personal it's cost, and for business it's a compromise of consolidating rewards and schedule (e.g. I'll fly direct over a layover if it's with a non-preferred airline; if my terminus is a hub, I'm pretty much flying that airline).
That said, AA put me in a pickle in April when they "changed equipment" on a flight I had booked the entire family - DW and I, 12, 8 and twin 3 yo's at the time. Disney trip, went with AA because they were 50% the cost of a direct (Spirit, JB, Frontier all offered direct). I spent a LOT of time getting the flights right - not too $$, layovers not too long or short, flights dont leave too early or get in too late. Then AA went and changed the flights, leaving 45 min layovers and scattering the family around the plane. Went to the website to change the flights and they wanted $150/pp. It was a Sunday night and IIRC there were storms around so their phone support was infinity hold. So, I did a hail Mary and created a twitter account with the sole purpose to poke their CS. A couple messages later (and me doing research into better flight alternatives) and I had our seats corrected. On one flight we were still scattered about the cabin (really the computer algorithm doesn't take AGE into account when assigning seats?!?!?!?!) which took a few calls/chats to fix, but we got there and back OK.
Their only other odd issue was that they limit what is gate-checkable. With our twins we have a city mini GT stroller (double wide) which is on the heavy side (30 lb?) but is essential for us to maneuver around airports, walk long distances, etc. On the way down they gate checked the stroller no issue such that we could have it in CLT (layover) but on the way back the gate agent refused, saying it was too heavy for ground staff to move around (they did check it to BDL just fine) but that left us in CLT again without a stroller to contain the twins. Good thing the layover was a few hrs so we didn't have to rush.
The other thing I recall about AA is their inflight entertainment blows. I believe their entire fleet is the BYOD model where you connect to their wifi and stream stuff. I absolutely hate that, especially for longer flights or flights with kids. Their international service might be different, but I haven't flown on a domestic plane of theirs (CT to CA and FL among other places so I've been far with them) which has built-in TV's.
Check out Coamo Hot Springs. Nice place to relax. Pretty cheap to get in from what I recall.
Gilligans island is also a fun place. We kayaked to it. Guess you can take a boat which is usually a disaster from what people say. Pay $40 for a kayak and paddle out. Cool mangroves to go through, decent beach. You can paddle around to different spots where there arent any people. I was able to mount my wife on one of the private beaches.
Obviously visit culebra. Playa flamenco is one of the nicest beaches we've ever been to. Nice snorkeling on the far right of the massive beach. We took a small plane to get there. Again, wasnt dealing with water taxi, heard too many nightmares. Flights are like $80/person round trip or something. Who gives a F, just spend the money and get on with your life. OUr time is too valuable when on vacation. Nude sunbathers there too. You can bring your own alcohol and food and stuff.
Old san juan is nice. We liked visiting the fort. Great views, cool to see.
Plenty of awesome restaurants around the island.
If you can manage not to get in an accident when you're there, you'll have a blast. We were lucky and dodged a couple collisions so it all worked out.
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