{
  "response": {
    "Key": "TPA-PR",
    "orig": {
      "code": "TPA",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "Tampa",
      "fullCity": "Tampa, Florida",
      "airport": "Tampa Intl Airport"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "PR",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Puerto Rico can I fly to from Tampa?",
        "answer": "From Tampa you can fly non-stop to San Juan on several airlines. One-stop connections reach Aguadilla and Ponce via San Juan or mainland hubs. San Juan is the main gateway for culture and nightlife, while Aguadilla and Ponce serve west and south coast beaches."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from Tampa to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "Non-stop flights from Tampa to San Juan take about 2 hours and 45 minutes, with similar durations in both directions. One-stop options to San Juan or Aguadilla typically range from 5 to 8 hours depending on the layover."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from Tampa to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "Yes, you can fly non-stop from Tampa to San Juan on Southwest, JetBlue, and Frontier. Flight time is about 3 hours eastbound. If you need to reach other Puerto Rican airports like Aguadilla or Ponce, you will typically connect through San Juan or a mainland U.S. hub, which can push total travel time to 5–7 hours."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from Tampa to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "Nonstop: Southwest, Frontier, JetBlue, Spirit. One-stop: Delta via ATL, United via IAH, American via MIA."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from Tampa to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from Tampa to San Juan are August, September, and October, while December, March, and January are the most expensive. Midweek departures — especially Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday — tend to cost less than weekend flights, and evening departures offer the best prices. For the lowest fares, book about 9 to 12 weeks ahead, and expect peak summer and major holidays to run noticeably higher.",
        "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 Tampa to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "For flights from Tampa to San Juan, the sweet spot is about 9 to 12 weeks ahead, when average fares hover around $393, with the very cheapest day landing roughly 80 days out at $389.",
        "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 include San Juan for history and nightlife, the El Yunque rainforest for nature, the islands of Vieques and Culebra for beaches, and Ponce for colonial architecture."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel from Tampa to Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "As a U.S. citizen traveling from Tampa to Puerto Rico, you do not need a visa or any special travel authorization. Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, so this is a domestic trip and you only need a valid government-issued photo ID, like a driver's license."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Puerto Rico are best to fly into from Tampa?",
        "answer": "From Tampa to Puerto Rico, San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín is the primary gateway with the most direct flights and easy access to resorts, car rentals and regional flights. Aguadilla and Ponce receive fewer U.S. flights but can be convenient for the west and south coasts, though train connections are very limited island-wide."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Puerto Rico?",
        "answer": "For Puerto Rico, mid-April to June and November to mid-December offer warm weather with fewer crowds and lower prices than the busy summer and winter holiday seasons."
      }
    }
  }
}