lawofgravity
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squarepants:Rainer,
Until this upcoming trip we've always flown into Cancun and ferried over. It's always been a pleasant trek for us, and never really felt it was a waste of time. I think one's opinion on this topic may be swayed by their budget. We've always tried to save $$ on air/hotel so we'd have more for diving/topside fun. Everyones budget is going to be different.
Our 2006, cancelled trip was the cheapest flight we could ever wish for, and it was through Travelocity, on United - $104pp, SEA - CUN this is driving or taking a seperate flight/train to get to Seattle from Pasco(home), and ferrying from PDC to Cozumel (wow!!).
This winter's trip in January the tickets were $389pp+tax, Pasco - Cozumel (not too bad).
Package deals are a really great way to go, too.
If I were you, I would go to Travelocity and set up the Fare Watcher option. That way they will email you with low prices to your selected places. I rely on it.
$389 from Seattle? Wow. We're flying from Vancouver (the one north of the border) and the flight was $700 through Orbitz (not factoring in the package discounts, promotional codes etc) with stops in Vegas and Houston. I looked at Travelocity and Expedia, and package deals from Vancouver are nowhere close to what we found on Orbitz. I was thinking about flying out of Sea-Tac but with all the connections, it's going to make for a long day of travel.