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  "response": {
    "Key": "US-GT",
    "orig": {
      "code": "US",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "GT",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Guatemala"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which U.S. cities can I fly from to reach Guatemala?",
        "answer": "Ten US cities have nonstop flights to Guatemala, all arriving at Guatemala City. Miami leads with 213 weekly flights and a typical duration of 2h 50m, followed by Los Angeles (4h 42m), Dallas (3h 20m), Houston (2h 55m), and New York (4h 57m). Other nonstop gateways include Atlanta (3h 30m), Chicago (4h 36m), Washington (4h 30m), Fort Lauderdale (2h 49m), and Orlando (3h 12m). Travelers typically choose a departure airport based on proximity, fare, and flight frequency, and connections through regional or long-haul hubs are common for cities without nonstop service.",
        "methodology": "Departure cities and their weekly nonstop flights come from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI). We list every city in the origin country with scheduled nonstop service to an airport in the destination, busiest first.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "Which airports in Guatemala are the best to fly into?",
        "answer": "La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City is the primary gateway from the United States, with direct flights from many US cities. It is the hub for domestic travel, offering connections to Flores for Tikal and other regional airports. Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores receives some seasonal US flights and is ideal for visiting the Mayan ruins, but has limited onward connections."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "How long is the flight to Guatemala?",
        "answer": "Nonstop flights from the United States to Guatemala take as little as 2 hours 49 minutes from Fort Lauderdale, with Miami at 2 hours 50 minutes and Houston at 2 hours 55 minutes. From the West Coast, Los Angeles is 4 hours 42 minutes, while New York is 4 hours 57 minutes and Chicago is 4 hours 36 minutes. Dallas sits at 3 hours 20 minutes, Atlanta at 3 hours 30 minutes, Washington at 4 hours 30 minutes, and Orlando at 3 hours 12 minutes. In all, ten US cities offer nonstop service to Guatemala City.",
        "methodology": "Flight times come from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI); the typical time is the median scheduled duration of each departure city's nonstop services to the destination.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights to Guatemala?",
        "answer": "Yes, there are direct nonstop flights from the United States to Guatemala, with 10 US cities offering nonstop service to Guatemala City. Miami leads with 2h 50m flights on Frontier Airlines and American Airlines, followed by Los Angeles at 4h 42m on Alaska Airlines, Avianca, Volaris El Salvador, and United Airlines. Dallas offers 3h 20m flights on Frontier Airlines and American Airlines, Houston 2h 55m on United Airlines and Frontier Airlines, New York 4h 57m on United Airlines, Avianca, and JetBlue, Atlanta 3h 30m on Delta Air Lines and Frontier Airlines, Chicago 4h 36m on American Airlines, United Airlines, and Avianca, Washington 4h 30m on Avianca and United Airlines, Fort Lauderdale 2h 49m on JetBlue, and Orlando 3h 12m on Frontier Airlines. Flight times range from 2h 49m from Fort Lauderdale to 4h 57m from New York.",
        "methodology": "Nonstop service is identified from the scheduled operating flights in our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI); a destination with no scheduled nonstop from the origin country is reported as having none.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "Which U.S. airports are usually cheapest for flying to Guatemala?",
        "answer": "Miami, Houston, and Los Angeles are often the cheapest US airports for flights to Guatemala, with Miami offering the most frequent nonstop service to Guatemala City. Smaller US cities usually require a domestic connection first, which can add to the total cost."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly to Guatemala?",
        "answer": "American Airlines, United, Avianca, Delta, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, Spirit, and Volaris Costa Rica fly from the United States to Guatemala, with nonstop service from ten U.S. cities. American and Alaska Airlines belong to oneworld, United and Avianca to Star Alliance, and Delta to SkyTeam.",
        "methodology": "Airlines are the operating carriers scheduled on nonstop services from each departure city, taken from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI).",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly to Guatemala?",
        "answer": "The cheapest time to fly to Guatemala is the shoulder of September and October, with February and January close behind, while fares climb sharply in December and peak summer around July and June. Aim to book about four to six weeks out for the lowest prices, and depart on a Tuesday for the best midweek fare. Late-night departures run cheapest, and you'll want to avoid the December holiday rush and Semana Santa in spring when demand pushes prices up.",
        "methodology": "This seasonal price baseline is a 365-day daily curve of typical round-trip fares for the route, precomputed monthly in-house from Priceline's own air booking-summary archive (the same data that backs the site), not a third party. For each calendar day we take a representative round-trip fare — a blend of the 25th-percentile and average ticket price over the route's bookings — and Gaussian-smooth the series so it reads as a clean seasonal trend rather than day-to-day noise. Thin and international routes are neighbor-filled: the seasonal shape is borrowed from the nearest dense routes (by origin-and-destination great-circle distance) with the price level anchored to the route's own bookings, so a sparse route still shows a plausible curve. It reflects current fares and is refreshed monthly. This booking-window guidance comes from the same monthly in-house analysis of Priceline's own air booking-summary archive. It expresses the typical round-trip fare as a function of how many days before departure a trip is booked — from about 180 days out down to the day of departure — aggregating the route's bookings by advance-purchase days and Gaussian-smoothing the curve the same way as the seasonal baseline. From that curve we highlight the stretch of lead times with the lowest average fare as the suggested booking window. Thin and international routes are neighbor-filled from the nearest dense routes, with the price level anchored to the route's own bookings. It reflects current fares and is refreshed monthly. 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."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights to Guatemala?",
        "answer": "For flights from the United States to Guatemala, the optimal booking window is about 12 to 15 weeks before departure, when fares average around $510, though peak seasons and holidays may require booking even earlier.",
        "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."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel to Guatemala?",
        "answer": "United States passport holders do not need a visa for short tourist visits to Guatemala, and may stay for up to 90 days.\n\nThis is general guidance to help you plan, not official immigration advice — entry rules can change and can depend on your nationality and circumstances, so please confirm the current requirements with the relevant embassy or official government source before you travel.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "article_lookup"
        ],
        "references": [
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Guatemala",
            "title": "Visa policy of Guatemala",
            "favicon": "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/guatemala/entry-requirements",
            "title": "Guatemala entry requirements — GOV.UK",
            "favicon": "https://www.gov.uk/favicon.ico"
          }
        ],
        "preopenedReferences": true,
        "stageOnly": true
      },
      "q10": {
        "question": "How easy is it to travel within Guatemala after I arrive?",
        "answer": "Guatemala is compact, so buses and shuttles are the main ways to get around. Arriving in Guatemala City gives you the most options for connecting buses or domestic flights to places like Flores or Quetzaltenango."
      }
    }
  }
}