Spirit Airlines To Offer Direct Flights To Medellin



Spirit Airlines is an American ultra low cost carrier operating routes throughout the United States, Caribbean, and Latin America.  They currently offer flights from Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Bogota and Cartagena, and will begin offering direct daily service to Medellin on March 1, 2009.

To get a sense of the fares, I looked up a one-way, non-refundable flight from Fort Lauderdale to Medellin.  A regular seat, at the regular price (including taxes), costs $175.  If you join the $9 Fare Club, then for $39 per year, you receive $9 off each flight you book, which could offer long term savings for frequent fliers.  The flight time is 2 hours and 20 minutes.  I was unable to find an available March flight from Medellin to Fort Lauderdale.

A round trip flight from Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC to Medellin in April runs $438 and includes one stop over in Miami each way.

A round trip flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Medellin in April runs $540 and includes one stop over in Miami each way.



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2 Responses

  1. annika February 11, 2010 at 11:07 am #

    Great savings for beautiful destination!

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