Comments on: Travel To Miami In December With American Airlines And Pay BDS$677 Return http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/ bringing news and opinions to the people Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:30:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: forever liat customer http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-41087 forever liat customer Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:29:22 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-41087 LIAT just came from a competition with caribbean star, they need to make profits for what was lost, caribbean star was operating at a loss too, they had no choice than to merge with liat, its just as simple. I dont mind the ticket fares but i think liat is preparing for the next second competition, but i will alwasy fly on them because their air crew is the most experienced . LIAT just came from a competition with caribbean star, they need to make profits for what was lost, caribbean star was operating at a loss too, they had no choice than to merge with liat, its just as simple. I dont mind the ticket fares but i think liat is preparing for the next second competition, but i will alwasy fly on them because their air crew is the most experienced .

]]> By: jumping chicken http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-28880 jumping chicken Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:51:28 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-28880 i agree with the guy who calls adrian loveridge he is a criminal treats his wife margaret like dirt beats her and thinks people are slaves he and his big ugly belly go to hell had not for margaret you would not have been here and even though u get business from europe you hate when the americans were staying at you you said they were too loud and boisterous go back where u came from i agree with the guy who calls adrian loveridge he is a criminal treats his wife margaret like dirt beats her and thinks people are slaves he and his big ugly belly go to hell had not for margaret you would not have been here and even though u get business from europe you hate when the americans were staying at you you said they were too loud and boisterous go back where u came from

]]> By: Anonymous X http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-23953 Anonymous X Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:18:27 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-23953 Fares for SVG from Barbados for next week are as high as Bds$575. Less than 2 years ago the fare was about $187 plus airport tax. These fares are a serious threat to regional integration. Fares for SVG from Barbados for next week are as high as Bds$575. Less than 2 years ago the fare was about $187 plus airport tax. These fares are a serious threat to regional integration.

]]> By: Big Mouth http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-16936 Big Mouth Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:48:25 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-16936 American Airlines is doing what any other profit oriented entity would do - try to make more money. If we in the Caribbean choose to "kill ourselves", who can we blame? Caribbean unity sounds lovely...not too sure when it will happen though. American Airlines is doing what any other profit oriented entity would do – try to make more money. If we in the Caribbean choose to “kill ourselves”, who can we blame? Caribbean unity sounds lovely…not too sure when it will happen though.

]]> By: FamilyB http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15901 FamilyB Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:56:08 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15901 If nothing else, it displays the disconnect between the politicians and the people they were elected to serve. So distant are they, that the race card has to be drawn in a desparate effort to re-connect them to the people. Politicians, political hopefuls and their lackeys are quick to descend into the gutter to drive home a point, or conversely, to distract the people from the truth. What galls me is that after 30+ years of access to free education, politicians seem to believe that the populace readily accepts their half-truths, blatant lies and limp-wristed excuses for their actions. If nothing, personal attacks, racist and other assaults cast further doubt on their credibility. After all, we as educated people should be able to deduce fact from fiction. If nothing else, it displays the disconnect between the politicians and the people they were elected to serve. So distant are they, that the race card has to be drawn in a desparate effort to re-connect them to the people.

Politicians, political hopefuls and their lackeys are quick to descend into the gutter to drive home a point, or conversely, to distract the people from the truth.

What galls me is that after 30+ years of access to free education, politicians seem to believe that the populace readily accepts their half-truths, blatant lies and limp-wristed excuses for their actions. If nothing, personal attacks, racist and other assaults cast further doubt on their credibility.

After all, we as educated people should be able to deduce fact from fiction.

]]> By: Wishing in Vain http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15851 Wishing in Vain Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:38:53 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15851 Foolishness, very well said, you have my full respect. Foolishness, very well said, you have my full respect.

]]> By: Foolishness http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15844 Foolishness Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:49:12 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15844 To: Carl Drakes and the Mottley Crue, Why do you all insult Andrian Loveridge as you all do? Just because his comments make the Minister of Touism look bad? I am Black as night (and proud about it), but there is no need to poison the air with rascist invectives. It devalues what you have to say. To: Carl Drakes and the Mottley Crue,

Why do you all insult Andrian Loveridge as you all do? Just because his comments make the Minister of Touism look bad?
I am Black as night (and proud about it), but there is no need to poison the air with rascist invectives. It devalues what you have to say.

]]> By: peltdownman http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15722 peltdownman Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:30:58 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15722 Adrian If what Untertaker claims is correct, and that LIAT is booked solid at these high fares, then surely they are justified economically. This is not to say that intra-Caribbean fares are not too high generally, though, and it certainly has curtailed travel plans for many over the past few months. As for the comments written above, I can only state that if they show the extremes of ignorance and intolerance, and should surely work against the authors, rather than in their favour. Brainless. Adrian
If what Untertaker claims is correct, and that LIAT is booked solid at these high fares, then surely they are justified economically. This is not to say that intra-Caribbean fares are not too high generally, though, and it certainly has curtailed travel plans for many over the past few months.
As for the comments written above, I can only state that if they show the extremes of ignorance and intolerance, and should surely work against the authors, rather than in their favour. Brainless.

]]> By: Undertaker http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15583 Undertaker Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:44:14 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15583 Moore, Carl Drakes, P2, Kouva, anyone who travels knows is US129 times2 (going and coming, or where you planning of staying in trinidad add taxes of US59.60 and US38.60 which totals US356.20 OR BDS712.40 That would be your trip to Trinidad. (You may have been lucky to get a US106.00 leaving trindad to Barbados then is would have been $329.75 USD OR BDS661.50 Please try to argue with facts and not with arrogance and racist talk. I am only interested in truth and facts, not lies and cheap political BU** SH** It only makes you cause look bad. With prices like those give me AA anyday. Oh I think that from Jan 1 american visa applications will now be US131 or something like that - glad mine has a few years left in it. Moore, Carl Drakes, P2, Kouva, anyone who travels knows is US129 times2 (going and coming, or where you planning of staying in trinidad add taxes of US59.60 and US38.60 which totals US356.20 OR BDS712.40
That would be your trip to Trinidad. (You may have been lucky to get a US106.00 leaving trindad to Barbados then is would have been $329.75 USD OR BDS661.50

Please try to argue with facts and not with arrogance and racist talk. I am only interested in truth and facts, not lies and cheap political BU** SH** It only makes you cause look bad. With prices like those give me AA anyday. Oh I think that from Jan 1 american visa applications will now be US131 or something like that – glad mine has a few years left in it.

]]> By: Undertaker http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15578 Undertaker Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:29:34 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15578 Adrian Loveridge, You are correct on the above, the price DOES include taxes. I was trying to get to Trinidad mid-last week for 4-5 days the tickets would have cost me 2 weeks ago around 550 and within the last week around 667. Liat was a little cheaper the Caribbean Airways. From Tues all flights from Bar to Trini were gone, booked solid no flights were available on Liat Car.. Airways, or BA. I have been to Trinidad about 9 times or so. Jan 2006 i paid 310 for a flight on BWIA. If I have to pay that kind of money to travel I could as well save a little more and travel to the US. That is what I will be doing next year, because of these high prices I have decided not to travel this year at all. I believe that Caribbean travelling should be around 200-300 dollars. (all more for jamaica etc. because of distance) We can have no caribbean unity if we cannot afford to visit our caribbean brothers and sisters. To get a good price on Liat you have to book like 2 months in advance. If you change it to travelling trinidad 2 barbados you realise that they have more "cheaper seats" than us and for longer periods, in a flash ours go to US129. Adrian Loveridge,

You are correct on the above, the price DOES include taxes. I was trying to get to Trinidad mid-last week for 4-5 days the tickets would have cost me 2 weeks ago around 550 and within the last week around 667. Liat was a little cheaper the Caribbean Airways. From Tues all flights from Bar to Trini were gone, booked solid no flights were available on Liat Car.. Airways, or BA. I have been to Trinidad about 9 times or so. Jan 2006 i paid 310 for a flight on BWIA.

If I have to pay that kind of money to travel I could as well save a little more and travel to the US. That is what I will be doing next year, because of these high prices I have decided not to travel this year at all. I believe that Caribbean travelling should be around 200-300 dollars. (all more for jamaica etc. because of distance) We can have no caribbean unity if we cannot afford to visit our caribbean brothers and sisters.

To get a good price on Liat you have to book like 2 months in advance. If you change it to travelling trinidad 2 barbados you realise that they have more “cheaper seats” than us and for longer periods, in a flash ours go to US129.

]]> By: 4dr14n H1nd5 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15575 4dr14n H1nd5 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:10:33 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15575 ha ha ha ha haaaaahhhha David is bUnderground correct about those labels? or they are and we should also include his label? :D Wow potential case of one person identifying the need to post as 4 or 5 person. Can we expect the same intent when it is time to vote? ha ha ha ha haaaaahhhha David is bUnderground correct about those labels? or they are and we should also include his label? :D
Wow potential case of one person identifying the need to post as 4 or 5 person. Can we expect the same intent when it is time to vote?

]]> By: BUnderground http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15572 BUnderground Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:23:10 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15572 <strong>Please note:</strong> Carl Drakes, P2, Kouva, and Moore are all the same people. Please note: Carl Drakes, P2, Kouva, and Moore are all the same people.

]]> By: Kouva http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15550 Kouva Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:58:11 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15550 <b>BLP-TV</b> http://blp.org.bb/blptv/speeches My favourite channel! BLP-TV

http://blp.org.bb/blptv/speeches

My favourite channel!

]]> By: Kouva http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15549 Kouva Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:20:27 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15549 Wishing in Vain, "He has maybe even more right to speak onbehalf of the citizens of this island than you do..." They used to call people like you the "house slaves" back in other time and another place. Which political party did you say you represent again? IDIOT! Wishing in Vain,

“He has maybe even more right to speak onbehalf of the citizens of this island than you do…”

They used to call people like you the “house slaves” back in other time and another place.

Which political party did you say you represent again?

IDIOT!

]]> By: Kouva http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15548 Kouva Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:14:50 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15548 Large international airlines such as American Airlines and British Airways can always leverage their greater number of routes to occasionally offer extremely low rates on certain routes which are serviced by smaller national or regional carriers whose limited number of routes makes them unable to compete with the lower prices. This is normal in any competitive business environment. Only a frustrated and FRAUD like Adrian Loveridge would come here trying to look for fools who are ready to swallow any political rubbish and personal envy which he spews out. Large international airlines such as American Airlines and British Airways can always leverage their greater number of routes to occasionally offer extremely low rates on certain routes which are serviced by smaller national or regional carriers whose limited number of routes makes them unable to compete with the lower prices.

This is normal in any competitive business environment.

Only a frustrated and FRAUD like Adrian Loveridge would come here trying to look for fools who are ready to swallow any political rubbish and personal envy which he spews out.

]]> By: Moore http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15547 Moore Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:02:54 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15547 Anon, "This airline ticket price is very relevant when you consider that it is just about the same price to travel to Trinidad, which is only 90 miles away (the cheapest fares being good old British Airways!)" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <b>What a stupid LIAR!</b> This is the LIAT web site... http://www.fly-liat.com/ I just entered a round trip flight from Barbados to Trinidad leaving on 16 December 2007 and returning on 17 December 2007. <b>The LIAT price is US $129</b>. Since when did US $129 get to be "just about the same as" BDS $677 (or US $338)? <b>BRAINLESS!!!!</b> Anon,

“This airline ticket price is very relevant when you consider that it is just about the same price to travel to Trinidad, which is only 90 miles away (the cheapest fares being good old British Airways!)”

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

What a stupid LIAR!

This is the LIAT web site…

http://www.fly-liat.com/

I just entered a round trip flight from Barbados to Trinidad leaving on 16 December 2007 and returning on 17 December 2007. The LIAT price is US $129.

Since when did US $129 get to be “just about the same as” BDS $677 (or US $338)?

BRAINLESS!!!!

]]> By: Moore http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15546 Moore Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:50:59 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15546 Lie-viticus, "The Minister of Tourism AND CIVIL AVIATION very much has a role in the high air-fares in the region by stupidly approving and calling on our taxpayers to fund the LIAT fiasco." Another baboon. Is LIAT the only airline servicing the Caribbean? Get a brain, you monkey. You've been feeding off of Ian Loveridge's piss for too long. IDIOT!!! Lie-viticus,

“The Minister of Tourism AND CIVIL AVIATION very much has a role in the high air-fares in the region by stupidly approving and calling on our taxpayers to fund the LIAT fiasco.”

Another baboon. Is LIAT the only airline servicing the Caribbean?

Get a brain, you monkey.

You’ve been feeding off of Ian Loveridge’s piss for too long.

IDIOT!!!

]]> By: Moore http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15545 Moore Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:45:12 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15545 Anon: "The number of monied (and some not so monied) Barbadians who travel to Miami to buy all their christmas fare is a MAJOR drain on the Barbados economy." What a load of crap. Anon: “The number of monied (and some not so monied) Barbadians who travel to Miami to buy all their christmas fare is a MAJOR drain on the Barbados economy.”

What a load of crap.

]]> By: Adrian Loveridge http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15544 Adrian Loveridge Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:44:49 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15544 So Jay, you are saying the Nation 'ad' is wrong? So Jay, you are saying the Nation ‘ad’ is wrong?

]]> By: Jay http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15543 Jay Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:34:07 +0000 http://bajan.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/travel-to-miami-in-december-with-american-airlines-and-pay-bds677-return/#comment-15543 Go to AA's website. According to what I read in the fine print, government taxes, sept 11th fee etc is not included. Learn to read Adrian. Go to AA’s website. According to what I read in the fine print, government taxes, sept 11th fee etc is not included.

Learn to read Adrian.

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