{
  "response": {
    "Key": "US-CO",
    "orig": {
      "code": "US",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "CO",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Colombia"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in United States can I fly from to reach Colombia?",
        "answer": "Major US airports with nonstop flights to Colombia include Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, New York JFK, Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas, primarily serving Bogotá, Medellín, and Cartagena. Miami offers the most frequencies and destinations. If you are not near these hubs, one-stop connections via Miami, Panama City, or San Salvador are common. Choose your departure airport based on proximity, availability of nonstop flights, and fare differences; secondary cities often require a connection and may cost more."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "Which airports in Colombia are the best to fly into from United States?",
        "answer": "Bogotá El Dorado is the main gateway with the most direct flights from the US and excellent domestic connections across Colombia. Medellín José María Córdova and Cartagena Rafael Núñez also receive direct flights and serve popular regions. Cali offers fewer direct options but is a good hub for the southwest."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from United States to Colombia?",
        "answer": "From Miami to Bogotá, non-stop flights usually take around 3.5 to 4 hours. From New York, non-stop flights to Bogotá are about 5.5 to 6 hours. One-stop itineraries from other U.S. cities via Miami or Panama City typically total 7 to 10 hours. Return times are similar."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from United States to Colombia?",
        "answer": "Many non-stop flights connect the United States to Colombia. Major routes include Miami to Bogotá (American, Avianca, Spirit), Fort Lauderdale to Bogotá (JetBlue, Spirit), New York JFK to Bogotá (Avianca, Delta, United), and Atlanta to Bogotá (Delta). Other cities like Medellín and Cartagena also have direct services from Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Flight times from Miami are about 3.5 hours, and from New York around 5.5 hours."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "Which airports in United States are usually cheapest for flying to Colombia?",
        "answer": "Miami and Fort Lauderdale are typically the cheapest US departure airports for Colombia thanks to heavy competition and numerous nonstop flights to Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena. New York JFK can also be competitive. Smaller US cities usually require a domestic connection first."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from United States to Colombia?",
        "answer": "From the US to Colombia, airlines include American, Delta, United, Avianca, Spirit, and JetBlue, with nonstops from Miami, New York, and Fort Lauderdale."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from United States to Colombia?",
        "answer": "For flights from the United States to Colombia, the cheapest months are typically September, April, May, and August, while December and January are the most expensive around the holiday season. Midweek departures and off-peak times generally offer better fares, and booking about 10 to 30 days ahead tends to yield the lowest prices.",
        "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."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights from United States to Colombia?",
        "answer": "For flights from the United States to Colombia, the ideal booking window is typically 8 to 12 weeks ahead, though you should book 12 to 16 weeks in advance for peak periods like Christmas, Semana Santa, and summer holidays when demand surges."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel from United States to Colombia?",
        "answer": "Travellers from the United States to Colombia typically do not need a visa for tourism or business stays under 90 days, but requirements depend on nationality and purpose. If you are not a U.S. citizen, you may need a visa or electronic authorization like the Check-Mig form, so always check official Colombian government sources before traveling."
      },
      "q10": {
        "question": "How easy is it to travel within Colombia after I arrive?",
        "answer": "Colombia has a well-developed domestic flight network connecting major cities like Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, and Cartagena. Long-distance buses are also common but slower due to mountainous terrain. Arriving in Bogotá, the main hub, offers the most flight connections to other regions. Medellín and Cartagena also have good domestic links, especially for nearby destinations."
      }
    }
  }
}