The case of the $200 flight to Central America
What usually happens when i find out about an amazingly cheap airfare is that when I go to check it out, it’s gone. Airfares are back to normal (read: high) prices.
But the morning I got back on the red-eye from Kauai (see below for a few choice shots), I received my daily email notification from Kayak notifying me of the lowest fares other have found.
Someone had found a flight from LAX to Honduras for $177. No, that’s not a typo. It was 5am and I was tired but wired so I checked online and lo and behold, the low airfare still existed..which almost never happens. There were several dates in Sept and Oct available for about $190, including taxes and fees. Regular airfares from LAX to San Pedro Sula or Tegucigalpa in Honduras typically start around $550.
To be honest, I sat there slightly confounded for a few minutes. But only for a few minutes, and then I snapped out of it, decided to go in 3 weeks, and bought a ticket to Central America for less than $200.
True story.
What’s in Honduras, you ask? Why Mayan ruins, Caribbean islands, whale sharks, and scuba diving, of course. Stay tuned for the trip report.
