A good sale to Belize. Thanks to new service from Southwest to Belize, the hardest deal destination in Central America is now seeing a lot more reasonable fares. United is now attacking American’s fares to Belize. Availability is EXTREMELY limited – if you can make it work, enjoy. This will not last.
What is The Shorthaul? It is our irregular feature of deals under $200 and 3,000 miles roundtrip.
Belize City itself is probably not worth visiting. You probably want to visit one of the Cays or Islands. A popular one is Ambergris Caye — you can fly the local carrier Maya Island Air for between Belize City Int’l and Ambergris Caye. If you are part of a big group, it might be worth it to split a taxi and go to the Belize City Municipal Airport to fly to Ambergris Caye instead — based on our check, pricing is usually halved if you fly from there.
English Caye, Belize – Photo: anoldent via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Sample Travel Date:
- November 14th – 18th
Fare Availability:
- Valid for travel on in August, October, November . Must purchase at least 21 days in advance of departure
- This availability is only for non-overnight layovers. If you don’t mind overnight layovers, it is much much better – that is available from August – May, 2016
- Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, if this post is more than two days old, the fare is likely gone.
How to Search for Availability:
- Use ITA Software Matrix Airfare Searchand use the following search criteria:
- Departing from: DFW
- Outbound Advanced Routing Code:iah /maxconnect 360
- There is more availability with overnight layovers in Houston. We are instructing ITA to only search for same day connections. If you don’t care about the overnight layovers, remove the /maxconnect 360 part of the advanced routing code.
- Destination: BZE
- Return Advanced Routing Code: iah /maxconnect 360
- (Click on Advanced Routing Codes link to enable advanced routing code input)
- Select “See calendar of lowest fares”
- Length of stay “3-10″ (This is just a sample, you can use any 7 day date range like 3-10, 7-14 etc)
- Beginner’s Guide on How to Use Matrix by ITA Software
- How to Read Airfare Rules and Use It to Your Advantage
You cannot buy tickets using ITA. To buy, follow our instructions in the “How to Book” section below.
Fare Class:
- G and N
Elite Qualifying Dollars:
- $77
Routing:
- DFW – IAH (Houston) – BZE (Belize City) – IAH – DFW
Stopover:
- Not permitted
- How to Take Advantage of a Stopover
Mileage:
- Miles Flown: 2,378 miles
- Elite Qualifying Miles: 2,378 miles
- Base Redeemable Miles: 385 miles
How to Book:
- Book Google Flights with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search.