West coast travel to Aruba

[sirguy]

Our problem getting to Aruba may not be as easy as we thought. Traveling from San Diego to get to Aruba will be a pain. I hear the layovers are dreadful... Any advice to get to Aruba any faster from the west coast? Thanks, Guy.
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[BradC]

I dislike red-eye flights, but when we fly from the Bay Area to the Carribbean, we usually go for the red-eye flights. Often, it's our only option, but even if it's not, the non-red-eye flights would usually arrive very late.

We can usually find a flight on either Continental (through Newark), US Air (through Charlotte or Philadelphia), or Delta (through Atlanta) with only one connection. I'd imagine flight options from San Diego are similar.

 

[debraxh]

When we fly to the Caribbean I usually work backwards. I check to see which airlines service my destination and from which airports, then try to make a connection there. Aruba is one of the easiest for us. AA flies from SFO-MIA arriving around 3; and MIA-AUA departs ~4:30pm on Sat.

So have you changed your trip from Mexico to Aruba?