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  "response": {
    "Key": "NYC-MX",
    "orig": {
      "code": "NYC",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "New York City",
      "fullCity": "New York City, New York",
      "airport": "John F Kennedy Intl Airport"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "MX",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Mexico"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Mexico can I fly to from New York City?",
        "answer": "From New York City you can fly non-stop to Cancún, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo and Guadalajara. Mexico City is the main hub for domestic connections, Cancún serves the Riviera Maya, and Los Cabos offers desert-meets-sea scenery."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from New York City to Mexico?",
        "answer": "From New York City to Mexico, non-stop flights to Mexico City take about 5 to 5½ hours, while Cancún is around 4 hours. One-stop routes to other cities like Guadalajara or Monterrey usually range from 7 to 10 hours depending on the connection."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from New York City to Mexico?",
        "answer": "Yes, there are non-stop flights from New York City to multiple Mexican cities. From JFK and Newark you can fly non-stop to Cancún, Mexico City, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and Monterrey on carriers like JetBlue, United, Delta and Aeromexico. Flight times are roughly 4 to 5½ hours. If your preferred city lacks a non-stop, common one-stop routings through Mexico City or Miami take about 7 to 9 hours total."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from New York City to Mexico?",
        "answer": "From NYC to Mexico, nonstop carriers include Aeromexico, Delta, American, United, JetBlue, and Volaris. One-stop options via hubs include Southwest and Spirit."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from New York City to Mexico?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from New York City to Mexico City are September, October, and August, with fares typically lowest in September, while peak summer and the December holiday season are the most expensive. Booking about 4 to 6 weeks ahead tends to yield the best prices, and you'll often find lower fares by departing on a Tuesday or Wednesday rather than a Friday or Saturday. Morning departures are usually the cheapest time of day, so aiming for a midweek morning flight in the late summer or early fall is your best bet for a deal.",
        "methodology": "This 'good deal' estimate shows a representative best price for each departure date across roughly a 12-month window (about 3 months back and 9 months forward). It is built from real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, accumulated into a price history for each departure date. Rather than weighting all of that history equally, we apply exponential time decay so recent prices dominate — a price seen yesterday counts almost in full, one from about a month ago roughly a third, and prices from a few months back very little — giving a figure that tracks today's market instead of a stale long-run average. Clear price outliers are removed before any calculation, departure dates with no observations are filled in from nearby dates, and the resulting curve is lightly smoothed so it reads as a clean seasonal trend rather than day-to-day noise. This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. The cheapest day of the week and time of day to depart are drawn from the same large sample of real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, grouped by the day of the week and by the time-of-day window of the outbound departure, with the lowest and average price reported for each."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights from New York City to Mexico?",
        "answer": "For flights from New York City to Mexico City, the optimal booking window is about 4 to 6 weeks before departure, when fares average around $561.",
        "methodology": "This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "What are the most popular cities to visit in Mexico?",
        "answer": "Popular cities in Mexico include Mexico City for its museums and food scene, Cancun and the Riviera Maya for beaches and Mayan ruins, Guadalajara for mariachi and tequila, Oaxaca for indigenous culture and cuisine, and Los Cabos for luxury resorts and desert-meets-ocean landscapes. All are reachable by direct flights from NYC, with good domestic connections for onward travel."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Mexico are best to fly into from New York City?",
        "answer": "Flying from New York City to Mexico, Cancún International Airport is the top choice for Yucatán resorts, offering many nonstop flights. Mexico City International Airport is ideal for exploring the capital and connecting to domestic destinations. Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta airports serve popular Pacific coast resort areas, while Guadalajara is a good hub for central and western Mexico."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Mexico?",
        "answer": "For Mexico, visit November to April for dry, sunny weather and comfortable temperatures, especially in Mexico City and coastal resorts like Cancún. Summer is hot, humid and rainy, while spring and autumn shoulder months offer a balance of decent weather and fewer crowds."
      },
      "q13": {
        "question": "How do I get to John F Kennedy Intl Airport from the city center?",
        "answer": "From Manhattan, the fastest public transit option to JFK is the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to Jamaica Station, then the AirTrain, while the subway (E, J, or Z lines to Sutphin Blvd–Archer Av–JFK Airport) and AirTrain is cheaper but slower. Taxis offer flat-rate fares to Manhattan and are convenient; ride-share apps like Uber and Lyft pick up at designated areas outside terminals. Shuttle services and shared vans are also available, often at a lower cost than taxis. Driving and parking on-site is possible but expensive, with long-term lots connected by AirTrain.",
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            "title": "Transportation Options - JFK Airport",
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            "time_published": "2025-12-23T18:54:39Z"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://jfkairport.com/transportation/ride-share-services",
            "title": "Ride Share Information - JFK Airport",
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            "time_published": "2025-11-07T16:18:43Z"
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            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97218&diff=1343981798&oldid=1343041901&title=John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport",
            "title": "John F. Kennedy International Airport: Difference between revisions",
            "time_published": "2026-03-17T15:31:18Z"
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          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20F.%20Kennedy%20International%20Airport",
            "title": "John F. Kennedy International Airport",
            "time_published": "2026-04-30T21:30:04Z"
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          {
            "url": "https://portfolio.panynj.gov/2015/12/15/jfk-five-things-ok-technically-six-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-john-f-kennedy-international-airport/",
            "title": "JFK: Five Things (OK, Technically Six Things) You Probably Didn’t Know About John F. Kennedy International Airport |",
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        "methodology": "Airport details are drawn from the sources listed with this answer, primarily the airport operator's official website along with airline, lounge-operator and transit-authority pages, collected by our research process and refreshed periodically. Only information found in those sources is used; where a source does not cover a topic it is left out rather than guessed."
      }
    }
  }
}