{
  "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 can fly nonstop to San Juan with Frontier on select days, or connect via Miami, Charlotte or Atlanta with American, Delta and Southwest. San Juan is the main gateway, and you can connect to smaller airports like Aguadilla or Ponce for beaches and sightseeing."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "From Charleston to San Juan, most trips require one stop and take about 5 to 7 hours total. Nonstop flights are rare, but a typical connection in Miami or Charlotte keeps travel time in that range, with minimal difference between southbound and northbound flights."
      },
      "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 U.S. hubs like Atlanta, Charlotte or Miami, with total travel times typically ranging from 5 to 7 hours depending on the layover."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "From Charleston to Puerto Rico, common options include American, Delta, United, Southwest, and JetBlue, typically with one stop via their hubs."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "The cheapest time to fly from Charleston to Puerto Rico is late summer through fall, especially September, August, and October, while peak summer (June–July), March, and the December holidays run noticeably higher. Booking about 10 to 13 weeks ahead yields the best fares, and departing on a Saturday or Thursday — particularly at midday — tends to be cheaper than flying early in the week or on weekends.",
        "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 best time to book is about 10 to 13 weeks ahead, when fares average around $445.",
        "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": "Puerto Rico's top destinations are San Juan for history and nightlife, the nearby El Yunque rainforest, the beaches and bioluminescent bay of Vieques, the surf town of Rincón on the west coast and the island of Culebra with Flamenco Beach."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel from Charleston to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "As a U.S. citizen, you do not need a visa to travel from Charleston to Puerto Rico because Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory. Simply bring a valid government-issued photo ID such as a driver's license, and no passport or electronic travel authorization is required."
      },
      "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 main gateway with the most flights and connections to the rest of the island. Aguadilla and Ponce offer limited service but can be more convenient for the west and south coasts. There is no train network, so renting a car or using local flights works best for regional travel."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "For Puerto Rico, mid-April to June and November offer warm weather with fewer tourists and lower prices than the busy winter and summer peaks. Keep in mind hurricane season runs June through November, with the highest risk from August to October."
      }
    }
  }
}