Why is flying from Houston to Cancun so expensive?

misterno1 · Post by **misterno1** » 12 Jan 2007, 23:16

Hello

It is only 2 hrs flight and seems like from Houston to anywhere I can find cheap tickets but not to Cancun. I searched and found several airlines serving between 2 cities thus it should be cheaper than $400 but yet I can not find anything less than this amount.

Are we lacking competition around Houston cuz from NY to Cancun which is a 5 hrs flight it is much much cheaper sometimes less than 100 dollars.
And there are no startup airlines around Houston like spirit, jetblue, usa2000 etc

Or is there something special about Texas that I do not know?

Please help.
Thanks

misterno1 · Post by **misterno1** » 15 Jan 2007, 21:13

How come there is no reply

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 15 Jan 2007, 23:33

A lot more info would be very beneficial, dates, how many, return or one way, yada yada yada, you of course have tried Expedia.com, travelocity,

KT

Koenie666 · Post by **Koenie666** » 16 Jan 2007, 07:31

Maybe it's cheaper if you fly via a hub of the larger airlines?

summersso · Post by **summersso** » 16 Jan 2007, 09:13

Try http://www.kayak.com - it generally finds the cheapest flights in and around the US.

Post by **sn26567** » 16 Jan 2007, 09:27

Why don't you fly from Houston to Cancun over New York?

Koenie666 · Post by **Koenie666** » 16 Jan 2007, 11:59

AA via miami?

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 16 Jan 2007, 17:30

AA via Dallas?

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 16 Jan 2007, 18:28

Quid Cancun to Houston?

MayerFM · Post by **MayerFM** » 17 Jan 2007, 01:52

misterno1 wrote:Hello
It is only 2 hrs flight and seems like from Houston to anywhere I can find cheap tickets but not to Cancun. I searched and found several airlines serving between 2 cities thus it should be cheaper than $400 but yet I can not find anything less than this amount.
Are we lacking competition around Houston cuz from NY to Cancun which is a 5 hrs flight it is much much cheaper sometimes less than 100 dollars.
And there are no startup airlines around Houston like spirit, jetblue, usa2000 etc
Or is there something special about Texas that I do not know?
Please help.
Thanks

Hi misterno1, regards from Mexico. Sorry for the belated response, I had not seen your post before.

You are absolutely right about the lack of competition. How bad is it? Very bad, since there is a single airline flying the route: Continental Airlines. Aeromexico used to fly IAH-CUN, but it is not doing so now. And you know what happens with prices when only an airline covers a route... On the other hand, NYC-CUN has lots of competition: Jetblue from JFK since very recently (november/2006); American also flies JFK-CUN; Continental from Newark... a very different situation.

I have not heard up to now any news on low cost carriers planning to fly IAH-CUN. You can bet prices would go down if they do.

I recommed you to visit one of the web sites already noted by the Forum members in previous replies.

Sorry, best luck in your trip, hope you enjoy it!!!

Aviation24.be

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