{
  "response": {
    "Key": "US-HT",
    "orig": {
      "code": "US",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "HT",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Haiti"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in United States can I fly from to reach Haiti?",
        "answer": "The main US departure cities for Haiti are Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and New York JFK, which offer nonstop flights to Port-au-Prince. From other cities, travellers connect through these hubs or via Panama City on Copa Airlines. Miami provides the most frequent and direct options, while Fort Lauderdale often has competitive pricing."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "Which airports in Haiti are the best to fly into from United States?",
        "answer": "Most flights from the United States to Haiti arrive at Port-au-Prince Toussaint Louverture International Airport, the primary international gateway. For northern destinations, Cap-Haïtien International Airport offers a convenient alternative with some direct services from the US. Both airports support onward domestic travel via local carriers or road connections."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from United States to Haiti?",
        "answer": "From Miami to Port-au-Prince, non-stop flights take about 2 hours. From New York or Fort Lauderdale, direct flights are around 3.5 to 4 hours. Most other U.S. cities require a connection in Miami or Fort Lauderdale, adding 2 to 6 hours to total travel time."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from United States to Haiti?",
        "answer": "Non-stop flights from the United States to Haiti are available from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to Port-au-Prince on airlines including American and Spirit. From New York, most routes require a connection in Miami or Fort Lauderdale, with total travel times of 4 to 7 hours."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "Which airports in United States are usually cheapest for flying to Haiti?",
        "answer": "Miami and Fort Lauderdale are usually the cheapest U.S. airports for flights to Haiti because of their proximity and high frequency of direct and connecting services. New York JFK also offers competitive fares, but travellers from smaller cities will almost always need a domestic connection to one of these hubs."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from United States to Haiti?",
        "answer": "JetBlue, American Airlines and Spirit fly nonstop from the U.S. to Haiti. American is in Oneworld; JetBlue and Spirit are not in major alliances."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from United States to Haiti?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from the United States to Haiti are April, May, and September, with April typically offering the lowest fares. Booking 8 to 11 weeks ahead — ideally around 65 days before departure — yields the best prices, while last-minute bookings and peak summer months (July and August) are most expensive. Avoiding travel around major holidays like Christmas, New Year's, and Carnival (February/March) can also help keep costs down.",
        "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."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel from United States to Haiti?",
        "answer": "U.S. citizens do not need a visa for tourist visits to Haiti, but a valid passport is required. Entry rules can vary for other nationalities and non-tourist purposes, so all travelers should check with Haitian immigration authorities before departure."
      },
      "q10": {
        "question": "How easy is it to travel within Haiti after I arrive?",
        "answer": "Domestic travel in Haiti relies on shared taxis, buses and small domestic flights between Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien. Most international flights arrive in Port-au-Prince, which serves as the main hub for reaching other regions by road or air."
      }
    }
  }
}