{
  "response": {
    "Key": "US-BD",
    "orig": {
      "code": "US",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "BD",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Bangladesh"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which U.S. cities can I fly from to reach Bangladesh?",
        "answer": "There are no non-stop flights from the United States to Bangladesh. Travellers typically fly from major hubs like New York JFK, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare, or Washington Dulles. Common one-stop routes connect through Middle Eastern hubs such as Dubai, Doha, or Abu Dhabi, or via Asian hubs like Istanbul or Singapore. Choice of departure airport often depends on proximity to a major international gateway, with JFK and West Coast airports offering more frequent and sometimes cheaper options due to higher demand and competition."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "Which airports in Bangladesh are the best to fly into?",
        "answer": "Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka is the primary gateway from the United States, handling nearly all international arrivals. Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and Osmani International Airport in Sylhet receive some connecting flights from the Middle East and serve as regional alternatives, with Chittagong useful for the southeast and Sylhet for the northeast."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "How long is the flight to Bangladesh?",
        "answer": "There are no non-stop flights from the US to Bangladesh. From New York JFK or Los Angeles to Dhaka, one-stop itineraries via Middle Eastern hubs like Dubai or Doha typically take 18 to 22 hours eastbound and can be an hour or two longer westbound."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights to Bangladesh?",
        "answer": "There are no non-stop flights from the United States to Bangladesh. Most travellers connect through Middle Eastern hubs like Dubai, Doha, or Abu Dhabi, or via Istanbul. Travel time from New York to Dhaka typically ranges from 18 to 24 hours depending on layovers."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "Which U.S. airports are usually cheapest for flying to Bangladesh?",
        "answer": "New York JFK and Los Angeles often have the cheapest fares and most connections to Bangladesh via Middle Eastern or Asian hubs. Smaller US cities usually require a domestic flight to a major gateway first, which can increase total cost."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly to Bangladesh?",
        "answer": "Common airlines from the U.S. to Bangladesh include Qatar Airways, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, and Singapore Airlines, all offering one-stop flights."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly to Bangladesh?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from the US to Bangladesh are September, October, April, and August, with the lowest fares typically found in September, while June and December are the most expensive due to peak summer travel and the holiday season. Booking 13 to 16 weeks ahead tends to secure the best price, and aiming for midweek departures can help avoid weekend surcharges. Avoiding travel around major holidays in both countries — such as Eid, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's — can also yield lower fares.",
        "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 to Bangladesh?",
        "answer": "For flights from the United States to Bangladesh, the optimal booking window is about 13 to 16 weeks before departure, when fares average around $1,327 — though peak seasons and holidays in both countries may require booking even earlier to secure the best price and availability.",
        "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."
      },
      "q10": {
        "question": "How easy is it to travel within Bangladesh after I arrive?",
        "answer": "In Bangladesh, buses are the most common way to travel between cities, with trains also serving major routes. Domestic flights link Dhaka to divisional cities like Chittagong and Sylhet. Arriving at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport gives you the most onward travel options, as it is the main hub for buses, trains and domestic flights."
      }
    }
  }
}