Best way to get to the Caribbean?

[spiggy_topes]

I have a couple of consulting jobs coming up in the Western Caribbean. Are there any shorter routes from Australia than via LAX and Miami (eg through South America)? Or should I stick to Qantas/AA, transit through the US, and put up with the TSA's little quirks?

Any advice gratefully received.

 

[Evan]

I have a couple of consulting jobs coming up in the Western Caribbean. Are there any shorter routes from Australia than via LAX and Miami (eg through South America)? Or should I stick to Qantas/AA, transit through the US, and put up with the TSA's little quirks?

Any advice gratefully received.

I cant offer and constructive advice on routeing but i do have to ask, what sort of job takes you to the Western Caribbean ? sounds interesting.

(the only different routing i could think would be via Santiago but i dount thats at all better than through the USA)

E

 

[Travel Guru]

unfortunately via LAX and MIA are still your best options to get there.

I don't feel too sorry for you though!! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

TG

 

[simongr]

OK - just checking available routing on OW these are the point to point flights into the west indies:

ANU	BWI	1768
ANU	GND	355
ANU	LGW	4083
ANU	SJU	291
ANU	TAB	419
ANU	UVF	241
BGI	BOS	2140
BGI	JFK	2093
BGI	LGW	4204
BGI	MIA	1612
BGI	POS	212
BGI	SJU	570
KIN	DFW	1628
KIN	IAH	1435
KIN	LGA	1589
KIN	LGW	4688
KIN	MIA	588
KIN	PHL	1520
MBJ	BOS	1699
MBJ	DFW	1548
MBJ	JFK	1550
MBJ	MCO	719
MBJ	MIA	526
NEV	SJU	240
POS	BGI	212
POS	LAS	3785
POS	LGA	2223
POS	LGW	4416
POS	MIA	1625
POS	SJU	625
SKB	ATL	1757
SKB	MIA	1271
SKB	SJU	229
SLU	CIW	94
SLU	GND	149
SLU	SJU	451
UVF	ANU	241
UVF	BDL	2073
UVF	JFK	2016
UVF	LGW	4229
UVF	MIA	1506
UVF	ANU	241
UVF	BDL	2073
UVF	JFK	2016
UVF	LGW	4229
UVF	MIA	1506

You could go round the world and head there via Europe? So my guess is either hotl design, golf course design or tourism

 

[spiggy_topes]

Thanks to all - LAX and MIA it is then. May try to find a transit hotel around LAX as I don't fancy doing the whole trip in one go. Or might get a RTW ticket and catch up with friends in the UK (will probably cost about the same).

Unfortunately I'm strictly forbidden to talk about the nature of the contract! But having been to the area a few times before, can truthfully say that SE Queensland is just as pleasant.

 

[Anna]

I have done this trip a few times through LA & Miami and I prefer to break the journey in Miami because you tend to arrive in LA early morning, which for me is not a good time to sleep, but you would get to Miami in the early evening, perfect for going to bed and getting a normal night's sleep.

You are right that it is a killer to fly all the way through in one go. I did it once - never never again. I almost needed physio treatment when I arrived.

Of course YMMV.

In answer to your original question though I think the best way to get there would be by private jet

 

[spiggy_topes]

In answer to your original question though I think the best way to get there would be by private jet

I'm working on it...

 

[simongr]

Unfortunately I'm strictly forbidden to talk about the nature of the contract! But having been to the area a few times before, can truthfully say that SE Queensland is just as pleasant.

Ahh - hired assassin then. Most of the good ones win their own DB5 playing poker

 

[thegurio]

Ahh - hired assassin then. Most of the good ones win their own DB5 playing poker

Bond Fan i see...

Cant wait for November 7th - might give my Casino Royale disc a chance to cool down!