{
  "response": {
    "Key": "CHS-PR",
    "orig": {
      "code": "CHS",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "Charleston",
      "fullCity": "Charleston, South Carolina",
      "airport": "Charleston Air Force Base-Intl Airport"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "PR",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Puerto Rico can I fly to from Charleston?",
        "answer": "From Charleston you fly into San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, the main gateway to Puerto Rico. There are no nonstop flights, so you will connect through hubs like Charlotte, Atlanta or Miami. San Juan works well for beach resorts, Old San Juan sightseeing and ferry connections to Vieques and Culebra."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "There are no non-stop flights from Charleston to Puerto Rico. A typical one-stop connection to San Juan takes about 5½ to 7 hours total travel time, with a similar duration in both directions. Flights to Aguadilla or Ponce often require two stops and can take 8 hours or more."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "There are no non-stop flights from Charleston to Puerto Rico. The most common one-stop routings connect through major Southeast hubs like Atlanta, Charlotte, or Miami, with typical total travel times around 5 to 7 hours depending on the layover."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "From Charleston to Puerto Rico, JetBlue, Spirit and Frontier offer nonstops. One-stop options include Delta via Atlanta, American via Charlotte or Miami, and United via Newark."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from Charleston to Puerto Rico are September, August, and October, while December and the peak summer months of June and February are usually more expensive. For the best fare, book about 10 to 13 weeks ahead and aim for a Tuesday departure in the early morning or afternoon, avoiding Sundays when prices tend to be highest.",
        "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 Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "For flights from Charleston to San Juan, the sweet spot is booking 10 to 13 weeks before departure, when average fares run around $460 and you avoid the last-minute spike above $700.",
        "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 Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "In Puerto Rico, most visitors fly into San Juan for its historic Old Town and beaches. Other top spots include Rincón for surfing, Ponce for colonial architecture, Vieques for bioluminescent bays and El Yunque rainforest for hiking."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "Since Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, you do not need a visa or electronic travel authorization to travel there from Charleston on a tourist visit. You are essentially on a domestic flight, so just bring a valid government-issued photo ID. Rules can change, but no changes are currently announced."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Puerto Rico are best to fly into from Charleston?",
        "answer": "From Charleston to Puerto Rico, San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is the primary gateway with the most flight options and connections. Aguadilla on the west coast and Ponce in the south offer limited service but are convenient for regional travel and resorts, though they lack the frequency and train connections of San Juan."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "For Puerto Rico, mid-April through June and November to early December offer warm, relatively dry weather with lower prices and fewer tourists than the peak winter season or summer break."
      }
    }
  }
}