Hello wonderful BonTlers!

Have been lurking on this board for 3 years and we are finally making our plans to our first trip to BON in late April. We live in central VA and think we'll drive to IAD the night before leaving, catch the 6:10 flight to MIA, and the 10:45 flight to CUR. Then the 3:30 Divi flight to BON. We really like the idea of getting to Bon with a couple hours of daylight rather than arriving on the 9 p.m. flight from SJU.

The current AA rates are around $620 rdtp. How does that sound? What's the probability of the rate dropping between now and late April?

Can't wait to get to BON! We were on L & G Cayman in Jan. and divers on both islands responded very positively when I asked them about their impressions of BON.

We are staying at Den Laman...

Thanks for your advice.

Sounds like a great fare to me....

The fares are usually $900-$1000 from Colorado but hopefully, someone from the East will post.

Have a great trip!

That's in-line with what we pay from Boston. A tad higher but close. Don't forget to add $90 for the Divi Divi flights.

Honeymoon, your A/A price is in line with what we paid last year to fly from ATL. I suggest you call A/A direct and ask if there is potential for a lower price. We have found that dealing with A/A direct has always resulted in a lower fare than any internet deal. By the way, we call in the evening when the agents are not as rushed.

Thanks everyone for your very helpful advice! I have often found rates a little lower on websites such as Orbitz, but I'll take George's advice and call AA direct.

Just curious, if I book directly with AA and later find that they are offering a lower rate, do they offer me some sort of credit toward a future flight or a refund on the price difference?

Cheers, honeymoon2

AA will issue a credit if a lower fare is found only if it is on there website and it is the exact flights you are booked on. Some Orbitz, travelocity etc. tickets do not allow you to accrue FF miles for the tickets booked through them also. AA has always matched or beaten any other fare I could find unless it was a 1st class ticket purchased through a consolidator. Good luck!

how about $640 RT on Continental? I'm not sure where you are in Virginia, but I looked up Richmond-Bonaire for 21-29 April & came up with $640 - you change planes in Newark and take the non-stop to/from Newark. Only downside is the southbound flight is a red-eye. (2pm from Richmond - long layover in Newark, but they do have a nice mall with a movie theater nearby!; return is better connection - leave Newark at 12:45pm)

HI Rosanne,

Glad to hear about your positive experiences dealing with AA. I'm planning to set aside some time to contact AA directly when tomorrow's snow storm hits...

Thanks, Sue, we don't have any flexibility in our travel dates. My daughter will shoot me if we miss her birthday on the 22nd. Also, I'm usually a mess for couple of days if I don't get 4 or 5 hours of sleep on a red eye...

BTers are da best! Thanks, honeymoon2
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our flights in Feb are 802 RT from Kalamazoo , Mi...we bought Aug 1. I have had EXACT flights go lower in the past years and gotten a 1yr voucher for difference from AA, so used it the next year for the flight down.

oh by the way our routing is ...azo-ord-sju-bon
coming back...bon-sju-mia-ord-azo...looooong travel time 6am-9pm

Have you thought of taking Air Jamaica out of BWI? A little longer drive to Baltimore but I've had excellant experience with them. The flight stops in Montego Bay, Jamaica and then to Bonaire.